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To feel sad what my 10 year old said to me

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iCantStopppEatinggg · 07/04/2025 17:51

I don’t have anyone in rl to talk to about it. DH has dismissed my feelings and laughed along with my DD. It’s Easter holidays and I’m stuck indoors unable to leave due to what my DD has said to me. I know it sounds dramatic but please bear with me.

on Saturday we went out to cinema then dinner as a family and I wore my usual uniform of leggings and tunic. All evening she kept “roasting” me saying things like “mummy is so fat and ugly that she breaks all the mirrors”. My DH laughed with her. I was upset and asked her to stop. I tried to ignore her as much as I could and when we got home I spoke to her and was truthful in how she hurt my feelings. I ordered new clothes for quick delivery and they arrived this morning. I felt quite nice and I tried them on. I haven’t purchased new clothes for around 5 years since youngest was born as I put on lots of weight and have stayed in my leggings and stuff. She laughed at me when she saw me and called me fat again. My youngest came up to me and cuddled me. Her father this time tried to talk to her about hurting my feelings and she told him she’s not going to lie when I am fat and I look worse as the clothes are bigger so make me look fatter (I got wide leg trousers). I feel so low I don’t feel like leaving the house. Shall I just wear my usual clothes and return these? She didn’t seem to call me fat so much before we went out but I felt really awful on Saturday when I saw all the other women wearing lovely clothes and I had leggings and tunic on. I tried to buy all the clothes I thought would make me look better and truthfully I feel I do look nicer than I usually do. I feel so low can anyone talk some sense into me. Before people say she’s 10, it does t matter the age as her words really hurt me and she said everything I was already thinking that I’ll never be Preety and will always look fat and ugly as she told me.

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Yaaaassssssqueeeeeennnnnslay · 09/04/2025 08:07

Oh, and you need to sit your DH down and get him onboard.

BinChicken1 · 09/04/2025 08:10

I have a ten year old girl and she would simply never.

I feel for you so much, OP. I am carrying excess weight that I just can’t get rid of and it drags me down every single day. I find myself not wanting to go out because of it. No clothes look nice on me. I don’t really have any advice for you but you’re not alone x

Wordsmithery · 09/04/2025 08:54

You and your husband need to be united here. It's very concerning that he laughed along with her so you may have a husband issue as well as a daughter issue.
Anyway, get him to WFH for a day while you take younger DC to London or wherever. Give her a horrible task to do for the entire day (cleaning, maths practice, watching Question Time...) and make sure your DH is on board with enforcing the punishment.

DelphiniumBlue · 09/04/2025 09:02

The first thing that jumped out at me was that you haven’t had any new clothes for 5 years. You’re clearly not so short of money that you can’t afford them, the incident happened after you’d been on a family cinema trip and while you were. out in a restaurant . The fact that you’d put on weight due to having children would be a reason to buy new clothes, not to keep wearing the same ones that don’t fit. So why are you so low on the family priority list?
Is DH controlling your spending, is it you thinking you’re not worth it?
It sounds like DH is not supporting you and that DD is spoiled. You are worth so much more than this, but if you don’t respect yourself and allow people to treat you this way, they will continue to do so. It is very hurtful to have your DD talk to you like that, and more so for DH not to back you up.
You’re not doing DD any favours to let her talk like this. Time to toughen up, withdraw privileges and make sure she knows why. If you are denying yourself decent clothes in order to indulge her, that needs to stop. You need to demonstrate that you value yourself.
If the new clothes have been ruined for you, send them back and get some different ones. Take a day out going shopping and trying on.
Tell DH his lack of respect diminishes him, and that you expect him to support you. Start thinking about how you can reclaim your self esteem.

RainbowMoonbeam · 09/04/2025 12:38

Absolutely not! 10 is old enough to understand hurtful.comments and when someone is upset. There needs to be consequences here.

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