I actively decided a great many years ago to not care how I look compared to other women, or how they appear. Now I have my prejudices still, I admit it - when I see someone who looks anorexic, I judge that I should worry about her, that she's not healthy and should get help. I'm told I shouldn't do this, but I can't help it. BUT - I don't do the comparing thing with myself.
My mother envied women who were smaller or felt better-looking than she was. She went on every diet known, tried to put me on diets as a child - it was really annoying. I decided as a teenager that I didn't want to live that way. But I don't resent her; she was unhappy, and by example she taught me looks aren't the be-all, end-all of being female.
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Date: 2014-06-15 03:24 am (UTC)From:My mother envied women who were smaller or felt better-looking than she was. She went on every diet known, tried to put me on diets as a child - it was really annoying. I decided as a teenager that I didn't want to live that way. But I don't resent her; she was unhappy, and by example she taught me looks aren't the be-all, end-all of being female.