I feel like it is weird and totally out of place when parents comment on their adult child’s body, when there isn’t a health concern.
I (23f) called my mom (52f) on the phone today and she gave me a 15 min lecture on how my belly was looking this Christmas when I came back home.
Mind you, I am overweight (5’3’’ 149 lbs) and trying to actively losing weight. I’ve been going to the gym 5-6 times a week and watching what I eat since November. At that time I also didn’t have a period for almost 2 months (PCOS) and was extra bloated and the Christmas food didn’t help either.
My mom, also overweight who has never in her life exercised or went on a diet lectured me that I should either give up slightly cropped shirts (I love how it looks with high waisted jeans) or go on a diet and lose weight by May (my cousin’s wedding). That pissed me off to put it nicely. It also made me remember all the times in my childhood when I was made to feel less because of the belly I had. I was a normal kid but somehow all the fat I had went to my belly, in contrast to my brother who ate mountains of food and you could see his ribs. I remembered how I always felt ugly going to the beach and never had a bikini until adult life cause full body swimsuits cover the belly better, all the times I refused to go to the pool with my friends, how I was always ashamed of, or how I was the ‘’ good kid’’ and my brother was the “handsome, smart one”.
To all the parents in this group, better do what you preach and not sit on your ass every day while commenting on your kid’s looks/achievements.
Rant over. I’m going to the gym to sweat off all the anger in me.
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