Is this weird or am I BU?
My parents live several hours away and come to visit every few months for a couple of days. Every time they come to stay DM makes some kind of comment about my toddler DD in front of/to her such as ‘she will have all the boys lining up on the drive when she’s older’ and making comments to her brother that all his friends will come round just because they will want to look at his sister.
Obviously I think she is beautiful - but this makes me feel a bit creeped out and uncomfortable. It’s so frequent too and it feels like it’s placing a positive value on being seen as attractive to men that I don’t particularly like. I’m starting to understand how I ended up as a teen and young woman to be constantly chasing approval from the opposite sex, have low self esteem and getting into some bad situations! I am careful to praise her for trying hard, being kind, being strong etc and not only being adorable to look at.
Am I being touchy or is this odd? If so, how can I address without causing offence?