  Why did she say this?  (58 Posts) pickledbeetroot Mon
26-Aug-13 22:05:58  When I was 11 years old my mother turned to
me and said  "You are not and never will be as beautiful as me."
It was completely out of the blue. I don't know how to stop
thinking about it.  mammadiggingdeep Mon 26-Aug-13 22:09:36
Really??? I'm so sorry, that's sad sad how's your relationship
now? Is it something you could talk about with her?  Suelford
Mon 26-Aug-13 22:15:56  That's a weird thing to say to an 11
year old.  Perhaps she saw what a beautiful young woman you were
becoming and felt threatened? Or maybe she had very low self-
esteem and was trying to reassert herself over a 'safe' target?
Or maybe she was feeling bullied in some other area and was
taking it out on, again, a safe target? All the possible
explanations boil down to it being such an odd thing to say to a
child that it's probably best to chalk it up to a moment of
madness, unless it was in a pattern of similar behaviour?  HMG83
Mon 26-Aug-13 22:16:26  My mum has