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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] and [b]protect your children from absorbing her attitude/issues, especially if you have girls [/b]

You sound like a dick. OP this is not good advice.[/quote]

On the contrary, OP, this bolded part only is EXCELLENT advice.

This shit is familial, and I've been carrying around my mother's fat-shaming for 35 years now.

Stop carrying it.  You are entirely in control of losing that baggage. I understand this kind of damage and wanting to protect your daughters from "inheriting" body image issues. But the advice was lacking in compassion - which is shitty for the marriage and also a bad example for the kids.  Compassion is also an "inherited" trait.

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Riiiiight. If discarding baggage was that easy no one would have any issues. 
OP, you sound like a good guy. I would echo others and say genuine complements, exercising with her and not responding to her negativity (I love you and your body and I won't respond to you treating yourself unkindly) are about all you can do. She probably will need some therapy or good books to undo the years of self-criticism. [/quote]

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