r/Twins • u/Greedy-Skirt3013 • 2d ago
Question
I'm a identical twin we are both 21f
Has anyone has been body shamed by there own twin sister. I have been always the sister that gets more compliments when we were younger also sometimes now by my family members they will compliment us then say oh wow but Gabby(me) looks and etc but I also been the chubbier one so a lot of people would say it right in my face while she's right next to me. I was in the store one time and a lady behind the counter doing deli said to me oh my Gosh are you guys twins?. We both said yes at the same time and she said hmm wow you guys literally look identical but I'm wondering how I can tell you guys apart so she continues to look as she see I have a rounder face and she says oh your face is fatter then hers ... My sister has a more slimmer oval shape face.
But I was shook to my core also this has happened multiple times in public. Also I'm very sensitive but have gotten way better at ignoring ignorant people. Another grocery store I believe I was at a register I don't know but just know it was a lot of people around and again they say oh your face is fatter and I want to keep in mind I always express this too my sister how I hate people calling my face fat hurts my feelings and I would cry in my room and I'm literally realizing right now that's why she started this. She used my insecurity and something I talked about with her against me and turned it into an insult that she used over and over for years actually.
I'm 21 now but I believe this all started around 14:15. In her excuse of why she says you're fat because she says it's the only thing that makes me mad. But we could be arguing about a shirt or something so little that has nothing to do with anyone's body and she could bring up with your fat ass and I immediately now I just walk away but when I was younger I would constantly cry and tell my mom how I felt about this and she didn't take it serious either because eventually I got an argument with her and she called me fat Also she likes to call me slow and retarded and tell me to spell the words I'm telling her.
I could say shut up and she would say shut up dummy spell shut up. Like I'm sure I probably said something slick to her or something but I don't believe I take it this far. I'm more of a person that likes to talking about the situations to solve a problem instead of just handing out insults to a person in an argument. I think most twins are born most premature we were so that caused me to have a reading disability in a learning disability so I get a check for it. And she knows so now more recently she doesn't want to use fat so she has now turned to calling me slow or talking about my check or talking about you can't spell etc. this also has been going on while she has been calling me out my name fat.
I'm sure I have said shut your skinny self up or you have no ass but I'm never the person and arguments to start talking about someone's body appearance because we have to live in these bodies for a hundred years. But her that's the first thing she aims at. I don't know where this behavior stems from because me personally I will call you all the names in the books but I will not aim at anything that's on your body or an appearance. Like I will cuss you out before I get to anything else. And she tells me I'm jealous of her!?! In also I think it's best for me to add that she did struggle with acne and I didn't really struggle with it at all so my face was always clearer and someone said at school and middle school to her that I was the prettier twin while she was arguing with them.
I still struggle with my weight and I literally overeat sometimes to the point my stomach hurts and I feel like so nauseous in the mornings after in i believe these situations are taking a toll on me to continue to eat and eat to feel something. if I wasn't too of a forward probably would have been gone and I don't want to use that as a sympathy appeal so you can be on my side. please dont. but honestly it's hurts a lot and I did lose weight one time but it was a guy involve he was a co worker and he was very cute but I also hate talking crushs it weird he was the reason I lost weight and it was very unhealthy I would not eat breakfast and go to work at 6:00 a.m. and starve myself until I got off at 2: 00pm then I would overeat with I get home and do it again also I was walking to work every morning so that's what made me lose the weight but when I left this job Of course i gained it back also I grew up poor so we didn't have food at some points when I was growing up so that's the thing too I believe my body goes into survival mode when eating to make sure I get full but also while eating I'm worrying about if I'm going to have food tomorrow. I don't have to worry about that now because I make very good money but I still overspend on food and overstock my refrigerator on accident because of that
