{"id":3299,"date":"2011-06-16T22:28:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T14:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=3299"},"modified":"2014-06-19T11:24:34","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T03:24:34","slug":"sibling-rivalry-im-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=3299","title":{"rendered":"Sibling Rivalry – I’m Ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"

One evening, while spending time with Zaria, she told me, “I wish I have face like jiejie.”<\/span>
\nI asked her, “But why? Why do you want to have a face like jiejie?”<\/span>
\nShe replied, “Because I’m ugly.”<\/span>
\nShocked! I don’t know where she got that idea from. I asked, “Who said you are ugly. You are very pretty and cute.”<\/span>
\nShe said, “No, jiejie’s face is nice. Mine is not.<\/span>
\nShe didn’t look upset or anything, as though she’s just stating the fact. <\/p>\n

\"Cute<\/p>\n

I told her that she’s pretty too. Her face has a nice shape, she looks very sweet, her eyes are beautiful, and best of all, she has lips like Angelina Jolie.
\nShe asked, “Who’s Angelina Jolie?”<\/span>
\nI told her she’s an actress and very pretty, and they have similar lips.
\nShe then further asked questions like, “She copied my lips?” “Is she sexy?”<\/span>o.O”<\/p>\n

And then, she didn’t talk about her face any more.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure what made her think she’s ugly, is it comments from friends or family? I guess when you have 2 daughters, it’s natural for people to compare. So and so is prettier, so and so is taller or more slender or fatter. <\/p>\n

I came from a family of 3 girls, and both my sisters were beautiful, and I got lots of negative (and insensitive) comments when compared with them. It did affect the self esteem, and I don’t want the same to happen to my girls.<\/p>\n

So friends and family, if you see families with more than 1 child especially of the same sex, don’t do this sort of comparison. I too will try to be more sensitve towards my own children and others. <\/p>\n

To me both of them are beautiful. How can she say she’s not beautiful?
\n\"Beautiful<\/p>\n

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