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Judging from quite a few of the posts on this thread there are a lot of people who have never lived with being made fun of because of some type of difference. I use the word difference because in my case, I can't really call it a deformity since my foot worked as it was supposed to but being born with a club foot and being made fun of during quite abit of my childhood had an impact on me.

The club foot was corrected surgically when I was 7 but I also had extremely wide feet. Up until the 7th grade when I rebelled I had to wear truly ugly corrective shoes. I was always the smallest in my class and for the longest time (even as an adult of 30) I felt like all people could see when I was walking down the street were these enormous feet. It affects your self image and your self esteem.

Thankfully around 32 or so I came across the saying about 'I used to complain about my feet until I met a man with none'. I paraphrased because right this second I can't remember the accurate quote. Anyway, I took that saying to heart and became grateful I had working feet and even though difficult to find a good fit, could find nice looking shoes.

IMO, the sister had a drug problem already and used what she had said as an excuse to kill herself. I do understand how the lady who was turned down the night before is being affected by all of the negative comments though. Confirmation of thoughts and feelings one already had about oneself even if they were encouraged to say those things.