Reply to The downsides to being pretty....

Forum Index » Off-Topic

Reply to "The downsides to being pretty...."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugly duckling here. I disagree somewhat. I once overheard my own Dad tell my mom that it was a good thing that I was smart, because I certainly wasn't going to get by with looks. I was probably 9 at the time. They didn't know I was listening. I wasn't a cute kid and I had a very lengthy and awkward phase. I didn't become attractive until college. I still don't "really" believe anyone who pays me a com[/quote]

I had a similar experience. I often heard my dod telling my mom that his coworkers would comment on photos of us in his office and that they would always say how pretty the oldest daughter was. No comment was ever made about me. He would mention it a lot to my sister, right in front of me. Combine that with a mom who was obsessed with looks and constantly giving us the message that we were nothing if we weren't pretty... gave me low self-esteem that at age 44 I still battle with. I am judgmental of myself and of others. I hate it and don't want to be like this, but my first thought on seeing anyone is to judge their looks harshly. When I look in the mirror my first thought is always how ugly I am. What I'd really like would be to just not think about it anymore, but the thoughts just pop up.

So of course my first thought about this woman was "her? she's not pretty at all."[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics