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[quote=Anonymous]I’m very close to my mom now and she’s awesome but this thread is bringing back weird memories of growing up! My mom was very very religious (less so now) and convinced that I would be conceited if she praised me too much, especially anything related to appearance. So she really didn’t praise me almost at all (I don’t think I can remember her ever saying I looked pretty) but would be really encouraging and complementary to my friends, especially those who didn’t have a great home life. I remember asking her about it once and she was so mad at me for begrudging a girl with a crap family some complements! Which of course was not what was happening, I just wanted her to say something nice about me too. I’m not a model or anything but I think everyone wants their mom to like how they look and value their accomplishments. Definitely a weird blind spot that she has gotten over and is much more encouraging/complementary now, both of me and all grandchildren, thank goodness.[/quote]

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