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Anonymous asked: What do I do when people think I am more conventionally "attractive" than my best friend, and therefore I get slightly more attention than her? I trust her more than anyone else and I want to be able to go to her when I am feeling down/confused, but when it has to do with someone flirting or whatever, I feel like that's the worst possible thing I could do to her (esp. since she already feels bad enough about herself, and has said before that she feels like "the ugly best friend").

I’m not sure. This seems like mostly a personal issue of your friend. Based on what you’ve written, it sounds like she’s a little insecure about her appearance. That’s something she’s going to have work on with time. 

You can be a body-positive friend who is supportive of her friend’s endeavors to become more body positive. You could also talk to her about setting up boundaries of what to talk about. Or you could simply omit certain topics from conversation. 

Since I don’t know you or your friend, I’m not sure what more to say.


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