How often do you feel pretty?

[AngryBird6122]

Just that really!

Not much anymore. I used to - most of the time. But I'm pushing 40 and after 12 years living in Australia, my skin shows the effects. My hair is also thinning and starting to go grey. A lot of pictures are also taken in harsh/bright light which hides nothing! Its a bit depressing tbh but I'm trying to accept.

Striking, yes. Attractive, sometimes. But I'm not pretty, never have been and that's fine, I don't aspire to be pretty.

Mind you, a rather lovely much younger man (to whom I'm not related) once told me I'm beautiful. I laughed it off, but secretly I was very chuffed indeed

So you only feel pretty because of a man?

Every day until I catch my self in a mirror and remember I'm 50 🤦‍♀️🤣... I'm overall happy with the way I look though and work hard at being healthy and 'well' looking which I think equates to pretty tbh

I think everyone has the ability to be pretty .

Rarely at the min 😂

I'm pregnant, fat and feel bloated with grey hair hahahaha

Never

am 45 and feel pretty 5 days a week when I’m in the office and have dressed nicely etc.

but catch me on a weekend when I’m sobbing at home…. Jesus Christ I can hardly bear to look in a mirror !

I am 49. I never feel pretty.

I feel attractive most days when I've got make up on but pretty seems a young description.im 43

I’ve never been particularly pretty, even as a child I was fat and speccy and alas, it was the 70s so my parents encased me in brown and orange polyester! Now I’m in my 50s it’s not something I aspire to. Striking, or stylish, hopefully attractive or at least interesting - that’s enough.

I'm just me - wouldn't say I'm particularly pretty/attractive but at the same time I don't think I look really awful. I did have a lovely compliment a few weeks ago from a younger customer, I caught her looking at me and she came over and said, 'sorry, but I just noticed you as you look really pretty' - she seemed totally genuine so that made my day.

Never. It wouldn't occur to me to ask the question.

Sometimes I look at photos of myself from when I was younger and think I was pretty then. Not so much now that I'm older and overweight but I don't dislike my body even now.

This. I’m in my sixties so pretty much invisible. Neither men nor women notice me. And I’m ok with that. I like to think I’m presentable and not putting anyone off their crappa-frotha-ccino, but beyond that I never think about it.

I'm happy with the way I look but I'm not interested in feeling pretty. Strong, fit competent.
People have mentioned feeling invisible. I like that I can just get on with things with the invisibility cloak of not being young.
Mostly I'm just muddling my way through January though.

Prettiness is not a tax I pay for being female on this earth.

I have never been pretty in my adult life. Beautiful, attractive, sexy, gorgeous, but never that diminutive word suggesting decoration.

Probably because I have always been fat and now I am old and fat.

Every time I catch my partner looking at me as if I'm the only woman in the room ... He once told me that every time he sees me ( we live apart) he's 'blown away' by my beauty and that I'm 'stunning'. For the record I'm 55, have had 3 kids and would describe my self as 'average'

If you’d asked me that 25 years ago, when I had no wrinkles or flab, I probably would have said never. Now I have a lot of flab and wrinkles, I would say quite often.
I had colour and style analysis, so wear things that really suit me and make me feel good about myself. Don’t ever wear black now, I only ever used to wear black. Look after my hair, haircut that suits me.
Soolantra and hrt sorted out rosacea and low mood and sleep problems.
Therapy, daily affirmations, other complimentary therapies helped with low self esteem and self confidance (work in progress).
I think also ageing helped me not give so many fucks what others think.
I have a fab dh but feeling pretty doesn’t come from him telling me, although it’s nice if it happens.
Sorry if that sounds twatish, don’t mean to be preachy, it wasn’t as easy as it sounds.

It's a nice sentiment but not true in my experience!

I think I’m attractive, good-looking, elegant. I’m too old to be “pretty” - I’m 58.