Her Sisters Have Always Made Mean Remarks About Her Body, So That’s Her Reason For Losing Weight, But Her Mom Thinks She’s Just Blaming Them For Her Insecurities

Pixel-Shot - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Pixel-Shot - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

This 20-year-old girl has a not-so-simple relationship with her family, which really stems from them all making mean remarks about her body.

She has three sisters, who really are the worst offenders when it comes to picking her apart, and they really have increased their unkind comments after she made it clear that she’s going into acting.

She says she’s not really “conventionally attractive,” and it was 2 years ago that she began training professionally for theater.

When she enrolled in this training, it made her sisters spiral out of control, but they mainly focus on three things about her; her weight, her skin, and her hair.

“They know I’m very proud of having very thick, black curly hair, so they often make comments about it being “not really black,” and compare it unfavorably to my little sister’s by saying hers is darker and “less bushy,” she explained.

“I also have a condition that makes my circulation very poor, so I’m very pale, don’t tan well, and have a lot of red in my skin tone, particularly my face, so it’s a running “joke” that I look like a vampire.”

“The last one, and the one that does the most damage, is the comments on my weight. At my heaviest a year ago, I weighed around 133, but I’m only 5’3”, so it looked like more weight than it was. My older sister, who’s very small and petite, describes me as “heavy” and talks about how she wishes I could “share a few of my pounds” with her.”

So as you can see, the things they say about her are really not very nice at all and damaging to her self-esteem.

As soon as 2023 hit, she got into drama school and decided that she would work on the things about herself that she dislikes.

Pixel-Shot – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

She’s been putting a lot of time into her hair and makeup, but her sisters didn’t pick up on her self-improvement journey at all.

It was only when she began to lose weight that her sister took note of what she was doing.

To be honest, she’s currently counting her calories and has since lost about 6 or 7 pounds since the beginning of January.

Yesterday evening, she had dinner with her family, and she declined another helping of pasta as she didn’t want to consume so many calories.

Her mom noticed and then pointed out that she has been shedding some pounds before questioning her about why she needs to change herself.

She didn’t lie to her mom and reminded her that her sisters had described her as heavy, so that was her reason for doing something about her weight.

“I said that it really got to me, and I wanted to make sure I really liked myself before I get to drama school so that I’m not battling as much insecurity while I’m there,” she said.

Well, the dinner table fell silent, and then her oldest sister got up from the table and walked off, refusing to speak to her.

A few hours later, her mom asked to speak to her in private and insisted that she couldn’t hold her sisters accountable for any of her insecurities.

“She said it had really hurt my sisters, particularly my older sister, that I had made them feel “guilty” about my choice to lose weight, and even if I’m losing weight because of their comments, I should keep that to myself,” she continued.

“My other two sisters have since told me that making my weight loss about them was inappropriate and asked me to apologize for “putting that on them,” because even if they did comment on my weight, they’ve never told me I should lose any, so I have no right to try and make it their responsibility.”

She’s left wondering if it was inappropriate for her to be so honest about why she’s currently losing weight.

What do you think; should she not have told the truth in front of her family members?

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