‘I was bullied for BEING FAT'
Move!|21 March 2018

A Move! reader shares how she learnt to love herself after being teased for years

Dieketseng Mphose
‘I was bullied for BEING FAT'

WHEN I was growing up, I used to be very fat. I hardly had any friends and my classmates used to call me “Biggie” because I was bigger than the rest of the children. This broke me inside and my self-esteem was very low,

I APOLOGISED TO MY PARENTS

I hated myself and felt so alone. When I was 12 years old, I wrote my parents a letter apologising on behalf of God for giving them a daughter who was ugly and fat. I told them that they did not deserve this, especially as my older sisters are the epitome of beauty.

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