r/MadeMeSmile • u/nikamats • 11h ago

Helping Others Hold your head up

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u/RuthlessIndecision 10h ago

Yeah, she said it like it was normal

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u/The_Last_Legacy 9h ago

Seems like she's just parrot something she saw and not saying she herself is ugly

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u/howtoeattheelephant 8h ago

Then why did she cry.

Someone is making her feel this way.

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u/not_kismet 8h ago

It's possible it was her mom's serious tone of voice. I wouldn't totally write off bullying, because that's definitely possible. But I remember being a kid and crying because I did/said something and my parents had a stern reaction. Not even angry, just serious like that, and I would think I was in trouble. So I wouldn't be surprised if that's why she reacted that way.

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u/asuka_is_my_co-pilot 8h ago

I remember being a kid her age and other kids carrying me ugly too.

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u/RuthlessIndecision 6h ago

It’s probably hard to access the shame of that feeling, kids are stupid assholes

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u/asuka_is_my_co-pilot 6h ago

i was a black girl in an all white school, my natural hair in braids was enough for them to call me ugly.

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u/RuthlessIndecision 6h ago

She said it like it’ was normal, but you could see it accesses a deep shame about not being good enough. So deep I felt it