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Nephew's Girlfriend

SO I have a 17 year old nephew that is like my little brother. We are 8 years apart but super close. When I was in high school, my sister had guardianship of me so we lived together for years and used to fight like brother and sister. So he has this lovely girlfriend. Most days I like his girlfriend better than I like him. She's super cute and a competitive cheerleader. Recently I was informed that her mother constantly calls her ugly and fat. She calls the poor girl fat so much it has gotten to the point where she has stopped eating. so she's 16 and her mother's comments which are 1000% untrue (but really it shouldn't matter) have created a complex and shes become anorexic. But wait, she also informed me that she had an eating disorder, brought on by her mother's comments, when she was in 4th grade. Whenever I'm doing wedding stuff or anything with my nephew I invite the girlfriend to come along so she is spending as little time at home as possible. Some people don't deserve to be parents.
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Re: Nephew's Girlfriend

  • phiraphira member
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    That is awful :( I'm glad that she has someone like you in her life to help boost her self-esteem and keep her out of that toxic environment as much as possible!!
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  • That is appalling. Good on you for doing what you can to keep her self esteem up.
    What did you think would happen if you walked up to a group of internet strangers and told them to get shoehorned by their lady doc?~StageManager14
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  • What @Phira said. I will never understand parents' need to comment negatively on their children's appearance. It's really awesome that you are there for her as a positive, supportive person who can help counteract her mother's cruel words.
  • If you can, try to see if she will go to counselling or get some type of help.  I know it might be tricky because you don't want to offend her or anything, but try to explain that you are worried about her, etc.    
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  • That is just completely horrid.
  • I didn't post to pat my own back, I just don't see how some people can be so awful to their kids. She is beautiful and lovely.
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  • That is sad. Why be so awful? That child is a product of her mother. I love the quote I've seen flotation around that says something like " the way we speak to our children becomes their inner voice"
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