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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, I'm the 23 year old PP. IMO, I think many of you posters are going out on a limb and being aggressively assumptive with regards to where I may stand on my "no make-up, no plastic surgery" preferences in the next few years. If I survived high school and college (particularly parties) with this stance (except for the occasional ones where my friends just had to "paint me up"), then I think I can survive my 40s, 50s, and onward with such confidence and grace as well, despite what natural course for the worse my body may take. I'm amongst the generation of teenagers and young adults where most individuals wear make-up everyday, not simply for outings and special occasions. It's a part of their daily routine. I've always prided myself on my ability to resist peer-pressure and simply be me. At times I did feel a bit out of place back in college; me and my friends would go out to parties and whatnot, and while they and just about every other female looked absolutely stunning by using make-up to enhance their features (and jewelery, of which I wear none [I don't even have my ears pierced]), I was just, well, there. By no means a plain Jane, but still "overshadowd," I guess one could say, by the really dressed up ladies. Nevertheless, I always was, and still am, confident in the way I naturally look. I always tell my freinds that they're beautiful without make-up, and it's true. I don't see the point of wearing it everyday. I mean, unless you've got self esteem issues or just really like the stuff, than who are you trying to impress? Nothing against those who like to augment their features with plastic surgery, and enhance their looks with make-up, jewelry, and the like, but for me, on a personal level, these thjngs are just vanity. Sure, I like a nice outfit, a cute pair of shoes, and to dye my dreadlocks every now and then, but outside of this, I don't see the point of, nor do I have any desire for, other things of the "fashion/beauty" nature. Yeah, I may be a bit arrogant in my stance, but these are my values, and idk why I'm taking such heated, borderline bitter comments for simply being who I am and standing up for my ideals. Nothing can compromise these values of mine (age, friends, family, whatever), as I already have, and am continuing to, deal with the strongest opposition to them (i.e. my friends and people my age across the nation who are caught up in this vanity bit of make-up and/or plastic surgery, who think everybody should be engaged in such and many of whom believe that those opposed to it "think too highly of themselves" or something along those lines). In short, I accept myself for who I am and for how I look, with all my physical perfections and imperfections. And just as a side note, maybe the next time some of you guys come across a young lady who chooses not to wear make-up as an everyday thing or to have any plastic surgery, instead of assuming she goes about with an aire of "high and mighty/holier than thou," perhaps you should simply respect, and perhaps even applaud, her stance, because it takes a great deal of confidence and strength to go against the crowd on an issue as major and completely engrained throughout our society and culture as this. After all, to each his own. Oh, and for the immediate pp (18:32), although I'm 23, most people think I look somewhere between 16-18. I still have to show I.D.for rated [/quote]Awwww, you are just so special![/quote]
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