In my mind, I’m not a particularly precious person. In fact, I’d go so far as to call myself a good sport. But after my older sister posted an unflattering photo of me to Facebook and ignored my countless requests to remove it last month, something inside of me snapped.
And so I reported her to Facebook for violating community guidelines. Four weeks on, I still don’t regret it.
Before you go thinking I’m a ridiculous drama queen, let me explain a few things.
The photo in question was taken at my cousin's wedding in February. It was a beautiful, romantic day, filled with memories that I will carry with me to old age and lots of dancing. But it was also hot, sweaty and long. And a photo taken by my cousin's new husband 12 hours into their celebration shows that all over my face.
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My sisters had a funny fight where they kept posting unflattering photos of each other on Facebook.
"She called me superficial and told me to learn how to lighten up. That I shouldn't care about one bad photo or the fact that it was shared on social media. That I needed to be able to take a joke and not take myself so seriously."
Take an unflattering photo of her and post it up on facebook, and see how much of a joke it is then.
If I posted a photo of somebody and they asked me to remove it, I would do so straight away. Regardless if I think the photo is perfectly fine.