My mother-in-law constantly comments on what I eat and makes suggestions about my weight, and my husband either doesn't notice or doesn't know how to handle it. I'm starting to dread family dinners and avoiding visits, but when I try to talk to him about it, he says she means well and I'm being too sensitive.
More people experience this than they realize.
Being unseen in your pain by the person meant to protect you compounds the original wound.
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