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Submitted by serendipity on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 11:38am

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how (some) parents are so incredibly blind to their child's imperfections. it's truly fascinating what parenthood can do to someone. kinda like how love is blind i guess? mind boggling.

my example for the day- bf's daughter is at least 20-25lbs overweight and she is 10. she has a double chin for christs sake. i never say anything about her weight but he has made comments about how she weights 60lbs- ummmm, what 4 years ago? i don't say a word. he shows me a picture of her with 2 friends and says "ashley is the fat one"- she was skinner then his daughter!!! i just ignored the comment and went about my business. i just don't get it.

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Submitted by serendipity on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 11:58am

and it's one thing for your child to have an issue (with school, weight, whatever) but to make a statement about someone else's child while ignoring the fact that YOUR child has the same issue is beyond me! it's as if they see their child in this perfect light and nothing could possibly be wrong with them!

instead of getting the help they need and facing it head on- like you are doing- they just ignore it! kudos to you!

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Submitted by rancherswife on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:47pm

BAAAAAAAHAAAAA!!!! Wayyy too funny! My DH thinks SD 24 "looks like a model".....for who, Whores r us?!?!?

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Submitted by CONFUSED1020 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:50pm

My DH ex-sd19 used to talk to me like Im the child and she was the adult and would tell me how I should raise my kids. She would do all this in front of my DH (bf at the time) so she can make herself look mature in his eyes cause she had this fetish about him thinking she was the best in EVERYTHING!! But turns out the apple does not fall too far from the tramp I mean tree...lol and shes just as stupid and ignorant as her mother. And now DH sees all her schemes and wants nothing to do with her. Life is a B*tch already dont need another one telling me how to be a mother to my kids when she doesnt even have a decent mother herself.

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Submitted by PrincessFiona on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:56pm

This is a pet peive of mine also. SD is a big girl, tall and a little on the heavy side now that she's a teen. As a younger child she would have been considered obese. She is constantly being critical of other kids for being fat or chubby. I find it completely distastful coming from her. It's like her and DH too don't see her for what she really is.

And I guess I find it just that much more annoying because I am a realist. I can most definately see my kids flaws. I don't wear the rose colored glasses.

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Submitted by novemberm on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 2:10pm

My boyfriends young adult children make fun of everyone-minorities, handicapped, you name it, they love to share their opinions. They have apparently been doing this since they were little-BM loves to do it, and taught them well. It is ironic, bc my bf's daughter is morbidly obese and either dresses like a slob or in clothes 3 sizes too small. One of the sons is chubby, and average looking, and the other is in decent shape, but he is very immature and when he talks, you just want to scream, bc it is like a whiny/childish way. BM has no teeth bc she refuses to go to the dentist and drinks soda all day and night. Never brushed, apparently. She also looks like she is 60, when she is only 41. Yet, all of them love to make fun of people. My bf said he rarely went in public, bc BM would loudly make fun of people. I don't know what any of them see when they look in the mirror.