Her Boyfriend Was Awestruck By Her Sister’s Beauty, Then Asked If She Was Single
It wasn’t until three years ago that this 25-year-old girl began comparing herself to her 20-year-old sister.
Her 28-year-old brother had remarked back then that their baby sister is clearly the most attractive of them all.
She had never once compared herself to her sister until their brother made that comment. Ever since then, she’s been wildly insecure about her looks vs. her sister’s looks.
“Growing up, as the middle child, I excelled in many things,” she explained. “I think this is why I struggle with this comparison…”
“It’s the one thing that I can’t control, and she is undeniably better than me. I know I probably sound shallow, but I want to show how in my head I am about this.”
Her little sister is conventionally attractive and absolutely stunning. Her sister has light eyes and dark hair, and her features are striking. She has light eyes and hair, and her features are much softer.
A couple of months ago, she started dating her boyfriend, and they quickly decided to be in a committed relationship.
Several weeks ago, she brought her boyfriend home to meet her family for the first time, and her sister was there along with a friend.
Her boyfriend briefly chatted with her sister, and then her sister went to her room while she stayed in the kitchen having drinks with her boyfriend.
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Thirty minutes later, she went to wash her face in the bathroom and her boyfriend tagged along too.
“He then said, “Your sister is really pretty,” and he had kind of an open-mouthed wide-eyed look on his face,” she said.
“I didn’t respond and just looked at him. He then said, “Is she single?” To which I responded, “What the [heck]?” And he then said, “No, not for me, because I have a younger brother.” I was annoyed and hurt but didn’t want to ruin the night, so I chose to believe that’s all he meant.”
She was able to push that aside and still enjoy the evening with him. They also ended up sleeping together for the very first time.
The following morning, they both woke up and were lying in bed, talking about a bunch of different things.
She can’t recall what topic led her boyfriend to bring up her sister again, but that’s exactly what he did.
“He says something along the lines of, “Your sister is so pretty…like really…so pretty. I was like shocked when I saw her,” and he went on for awhile about how pretty my sister is,” she added.
“Seemingly oblivious to how sad it was making me. Obviously, this hurt my feelings. Especially because I feel like (I know) that he didn’t have that same awestruck jaw-dropping reaction when he saw me the first time.”
“Again, this was months ago. But I can’t get it out of my head. For the past few years, I’ve harbored real insecurities about my looks compared to my sister’s, and these comments from my boyfriend really exacerbated those feelings.”
Any time that her boyfriend talks about her sister or notes something her sister does, she just thinks about how gorgeous her sister is and how she pales in comparison to her.
She loves her boyfriend, but she’s worried that if he had met her sister before her, he would have instantly picked her sister instead.
She’s also concerned that her boyfriend knows he’s more attracted to her sister than her. She’s not trying to be dramatic, but something inside of her is saying she should probably dump her boyfriend.
“But I feel like I will never feel like I’m enough for him now,” she continued. “Then I think, if I gain weight if we have kids in the future if my appearance changes for the worse in any way, what will he think of me compared to her?”
“I know this sounds so dramatic. But I have been spiraling for weeks now. I just can’t shake this feeling… what does it mean? What should I do?”
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