Updated On: 06 August, 2012 06:28 AM IST | | Dear Diana
Dear Diana, I am an attractive girl and get a lot of attention from guys. I ignore it but when my mother is around, she creates a scene scaring the guys away.
I find it very embarrassing and now she seems to think it’s my fault! She feels as if I am a commercial sex worker enticing prospective customers! I do not wear make up or revealing outfits and I am a decent girl. She also calls me names in front of other family members. How do I make her understand? Why is she behaving like this? Is it because my elder sister (who my parents dote on) is not that pretty?
— Fahbeen

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