vonney: am not disagreeing with u on that, thank god we all see different looks as being atractive, I am just saying that ppl are going to great lengths to say that how someone looks doesnt matter when we all know it does
I think what they really mean is in the long run...because let's face it...Who wants to tolerate a good looking a**hole????
Hugz_n_Kissez: I think what they really mean is in the long run...because let's face it...Who wants to tolerate a good looking a**hole????
Initial attraction really doesn't mean alot if it doesn't go anywhere...So really..It's almost like it doesn't matter if it won't stand up to the test of time!!!!!!!!
Here's what I believe kinda happens. As teens and younger years, I think that we often tend to worry about what others (our friends, etc.) think about the appearance of someone we are with. As we get older and get some life and love experience under our belts, look beneath the surface AS we look at the "package." Speaking from my own experiences and lessons, I really look beyond outside appearances now that I'm older.
alabamabebeBanks of the Warrior River, Alabama USA4,404 posts
Chele1964: Here's what I believe kinda happens. As teens and younger years, I think that we often tend to worry about what others (our friends, etc.) think about the appearance of someone we are with. As we get older and get some life and love experience under our belts, look beneath the surface AS we look at the "package." Speaking from my own experiences and lessons, I really look beyond outside appearances now that I'm older.
If looks didn't matter at all, why would we have pictures on here??
You tell the truth daddy, do you look at the ladies' pictures? How much does it matter to you?
Well of course I look at the pics, but its not the most important, as an over-all package, looks help, its the visual attraction that helps us choose, most animals use different "looks" to attract their mate. We cant help it, humans are visual beings, what if everyone was blind? Now that wouldnt be very fun now would it?
Being this subject has been brought up many times over the last year or so,some know where I stand from examples I have given.Like the guy in a wheelchair that left me for another.So while looks are a plus of course,I honestly don't look at the outside.Did when I was young,but now it's the way a man attracts people at a get-together because of his humor,or a man who is a gentleman and I see that I am impressed.I prefer to date gentlemen only.The only outside parts that I notice are a good smile and eyes that are showing that he is really listening to me.
imho beauty is in the eye of the beholder I agree with many on this thread as we mature we learn that looks are not everything, but beauty is that which comes from inside. I heard an ugly duckling story one time about a girl who was not pretty and was treated poorly by her family because she was not pretty until one day her father was approached by a man who wanted to marry one of his daughters, the man chose this girl to everyones chagrin, they could not understand why he would choose such an ugly wife. the man went away for several years taking his wife with him. when he and his wife returned and saw her family, after those many years, the family was amazed at how beautiful she had become, and the reason she was so changed was because of the loving and respectful way her husband had treated her. I heard that story when I was young dont know if it is true but I always think of it , and I think a person becomes better looking in our eyes when their personalities are attractive jmho
kissmedeeplyPetitcodiac, New Brunswick Canada15,139 posts
omega1036: imho beauty is in the eye of the beholder I agree with many on this thread as we mature we learn that looks are not everything, but beauty is that which comes from inside. I heard an ugly duckling story one time about a girl who was not pretty and was treated poorly by her family because she was not pretty until one day her father was approached by a man who wanted to marry one of his daughters, the man chose this girl to everyones chagrin, they could not understand why he would choose such an ugly wife. the man went away for several years taking his wife with him. when he and his wife returned and saw her family, after those many years, the family was amazed at how beautiful she had become, and the reason she was so changed was because of the loving and respectful way her husband had treated her. I heard that story when I was young dont know if it is true but I always think of it , and I think a person becomes better looking in our eyes when their personalities are attractive jmho
I'll say the same as I always do....of course looks matter, and so do lots of other things that make up our ideal partner. We are all visual creatures, don't believe anybody who says otherwise, BUT we do all have different tastes fortunately.
I'll say the same as I always do....of course looks matter, and so do lots of other things that make up our ideal partner. We are all visual creatures, don't believe anybody who says otherwise, BUT we do all have different tastes fortunately.
Yes, fortunately we DO have different tastes. A dear friend of mine had a very wise grandfather. My friend once told me... "My granddaddy used to say...if everyone had the same tastes, then everyone would be after Grandma!"
I see a lot of women saying: "Looks matter to EVERYONE." "Anyone who says looks don't matter is just trying to be PC." "Anyone who says looks don't matter is a liar."
I really wish that these women would learn to speak for themselves and quit generalizing.
Looks do not matter to everyone. Looks do matter to a lot of people. Looks do not matter to some people.
I have expanded on my views of physical appearance and my definition of beauty in numerous other threads, bringing in lengthy issues of blindness, disfigurement, burn victims, exposure to diversity, etc... and I have said countless times: Looks truly do not matter to me. And looks do not matter to some people. And looks do matter to some people.
I do not say this because I am trying to be politically correct. I am not saying this because I am a liar. I am saying this because it is true.
If looks matter to you, then say so. But please quit this assumption and generalization that looks matter to everyone. When you say "Looks matter to everyone." YOU are the one lying, because your statement is not true.
kissmedeeplyPetitcodiac, New Brunswick Canada15,139 posts
girlnextdormouse: I see a lot of women saying: "Looks matter to EVERYONE ." "Anyone who says looks don't matter is just trying to be PC ." "Anyone who says looks don't matter is a liar ."
I really wish that these women would learn to speak for themselves and quit generalizing.
Looks do not matter to everyone . Looks do matter to a lot of people. Looks do not matter to some people.
I have expanded on my views of physical appearance and my definition of beauty in numerous other threads, bringing in lengthy issues of blindness, disfigurement, burn victims, exposure to diversity, etc... and I have said countless times: Looks truly do not matter to me. And looks do not matter to some people. And looks do matter to some people.
I do not say this because I am trying to be politically correct. I am not saying this because I am a liar. I am saying this because it is true.
If looks matter to you , then say so. But please quit this assumption and generalization that looks matter to everyone . When you say "Looks matter to everyone." YOU are the one lying, because your statement is not true.
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I think what they really mean is in the long run...because let's face it...Who wants to tolerate a good looking a**hole????