Anonymous wrote:My first thought was that her obsession with looks probably stems partly from these types of comments from her dad, which probably was really bad for her self-esteem as a child. Often it can be really hard on someone who is target of an abusive parent to see others remember the parent as fun, silly, and ultimately beloved. I would go with the more generous interpretation that rather than asking you to see yourself through her dad’s eyes, she was asking you to see her dad through her eyes. It wasn’t funny and it wasn’t okay to talk to you that way just as it wasn’t okay that he probably said much worse to her behind closed doors.
I agree with this; however, auntie has no rights to visit that upon op.