I was taking about 'pretty' with my daughter last night. She is an attractive woman....very beautiful i'd say, but I'm bias. We were off to see a band last night. I spent an hour trying to make myself look presentable...she spent two minutes brushing her hair and she was done!! It never ever crosses her mind to attempt to look 'pretty' as long as she is happy with how she looks. I'm the same in my old age. I dont try to please others with my look....i simply do me!
At 21, i was all glamned up at an event and sonehow i got collered talking to some guy i wasnt remotely interested in. I didn't fancy him, didn't find him interesting and he just wouldnt 'get the hint'. He actually said to me.....'you'd actually look quite pretty if you bothered to smile'. I replied, ' i'd smile if I was remotely intetested in anything you had to say' he went on to give me advice on how I should behave if I wanted any man to be interested in me and said there was no point me trying to look pretty if i wasnt prepared to be gracious and accept compliments.....clearly in his mind, women trying to look pretty is for the benefit of the guys they meet.
What a t*sser he was!
I dont think I ever wanted to look 'pretty' ever again.

I feel my perception of beauty is different . I find it in the unique and natural. I feel I am just as pretty with no makeup on but the reactions of society are so different when I do wear it.

But everyione owes beauty to the world
Because beauty is the creation of an image of love
And love makes the world go round
And if we dont help each the make the world go round for others
the wheels will grind to a halt

Love is not prettiness,
love is giving,
love is far more than beauty,

Beauty is not love
A wild predatror can be beautiful
A winters day can be beautiful
But a warm house and a good deed are love

Absolutely.

thought im the only 1 dealing with this 😅

This! But you do owe me cheesecakies.