This is a topic I can’t have fun with.
The women in my father’s family (his mother, sister and nieces) were beautiful. They looked like marble statues with their alabaster skin and chiselled features.
My grandmother would often say with great sarcasm to me, “You look like your mother….have not taken after this family.” It was perhaps her way of showing the daughter-in-law (my Mom) down, but at that raw age, it did hurt.
Years later, when those beautiful cousins compliment me on multiple things I do, it comes close to vindication. I often think if it took such a long journey to just gain acceptability – at a time, when it doesn’t matter any more.
Tale Weaver – #319 – The Ugly Duckling – 18th March
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Unfortunately I think it’s common to every society. It speaks to the roots of most women’s insecurities too. Family can be crueler than anyone else.
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Agree. Thanks a lot, Stephanie!
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This is sad but thought provoking, thanks for sharing!
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Thank you, Emine!
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OMG! This is my story minus big achievements. It did matter at a young age.
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I guess it is the Indian ethos.
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Wicked grandmother!
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😂😂
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looks seem
the gene pool
of import
but not whom you are
necesarily
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That’s a very heartless way to treat a child.
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MIL- DIL conflicts often ignore the interest of children.
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I know specially in our societies.
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