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[quote=Anonymous]Seriously, don't dwell on this (or try not to even think about it), because sooner or later your babies will pick up on it.  It was clear to me that my mom (and basically everyone in my family) considered my sister much more attractive than me.  Some of this is actually due to my mom's own low self-esteem; I look a lot like my mother.  And it is really hard.  It wasn't until I went to college and away from where I had grown up as the less attractive sister that I realized that I was attractive in my own right.  Crazily, people even considered me exceptionally good looking in college and beyond (not saying this is or isn't true, just that was the feedback I got once I was away from the baggage of everyone always seeing me as the less attractive sister).

And remember that beauty is subjective.  DH honestly considers me to be far more attractive than my sister and was truly surprised when I told him that I had grown up as the "homely one".

You can't control other people's reactions, but you can control your own.  And if you aren't fixated on the idea that one of your children is getting more attention b/c she's more attractive, they won't fixate (or even believe) on that either.[/quote]

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