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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you have more than one girl NEVER EVER compare them. Nothing was more painful then hearing my mother gush over my younger sister's looks and having nothing to say about mine. She looks like me in the face except she's tall and straight haired while I am short and curly so you can imagine the agony as a teen.[/quote]

That's not comparing your kids. She didn't say "It's a shame you don't look like Sara" or "I wish you had shiny hair like Sara instead of that frizzy mop." She complimented one kid on something. She  probably complimented you on other things and you were so focused on your looks that you ignored those compliments and only focused on what you didn't get. [/quote]

"Sara has such silky hair. If you brushed yours properly every night it wouldn't be so crazy." So I brushed and brushed, and if you have curly hair you know what brushing does to it.
"Sara looks just like the Girl from Ipanema walking on the beach. Just like me when I was a teenager. I wonder why you ended up being so short when all the women in our family are tall. Maybe I should have made you take vitamins."
She has always complimented me on my comedic skills, though. I make her laugh. Anyway my sister and I are both very nice looking now.[/quote]

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