"At his parents' house, there are family pictures everywhere, and I saw that Marie and I look very, very similar. Not just the physical features (though we have a lot of physical similarities, too. In the photos in their house, I could see more clearly that Marie's skin tone, hair color, and many of her facial features look a lot like mine), but also the mannerisms. The way she's acting in those photos reminded me a lot of myself."
"It's not that we are identical, and anyone could easily tell us apart, sitting next to each other. But I'm starting to feel really strange about it all, especially since it feels like the photos Matt showed me were deliberately poorly lit ones, and when I tried to bring up some of those similarities casually at dinner, Matt's dad immediately tried to change the subject."
A 23-year-old woman has dated her boyfriend Matt for over two years; they met in college and visit regularly. Matt's younger sister Marie died at 17 before the relationship began. The woman noticed striking physical and behavioral similarities between herself and Marie in family photographs at Matt's parents' house. Photos displayed throughout the house intensified the resemblance, and some previously shown images felt deliberately poorly lit. When she mentioned the similarities at dinner, Matt's father immediately changed the subject. The woman feels uneasy, experiences a pit in her stomach, and seeks guidance because Matt has not behaved overtly strangely about his sister.
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