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To ask if I look ok?

254 replies

LSE27 · 24/07/2018 14:48

Feeling a bit shit about myself...

To ask if I look ok?
OP posts:
SheGotBetteDavisEyes · 24/07/2018 15:46

There really are so many of these threads at the moment. Is it one person just posting different bits of themselves under different names?

Is it a fishing holiday you're on op?

Grin
Awwlookatmybabyspider · 24/07/2018 15:46

But Martha what if some nasty troll was to come on and say 'You're a fat cunt' People can be twats and sadly some folk out get off on upsetting people. I'm.sorry but you don't post pictures of your self in a bikini asking if you look okay if you were not confident enough to risk being told you look awful.
Perfect example. I am the most unphotogenic person past present and i dont doubt future ever to grace the planet.
I look totally unrecognisable. I'm not going to lie to you it does get me down especially when the whole world seems to take the perfect photo.
Now if I was to post a picture of myself and you all had to swear on oath to tell the truth you'd have to say. Sorry Spider i hate to kick you when you're down but my God you're ugly.

WorraLiberty · 24/07/2018 15:48

Grin Grin @ 'fishing holiday'

alligatorsmile · 24/07/2018 15:48

Ah Rousette, I think I love you too.

Personally, I have "lovely hair" and am often complimented for being "brave".

thisneverendingsummer · 24/07/2018 15:48

Thought I had stumbled across Yahoo Answers for a minute, where every fifth question is 'am i pretteh? 🙄

NotAnotherNoughtiesTune · 24/07/2018 15:51

You look lovely OP.

I'm 28, 5ft and 12st something and do not hold the OPs insecurities as any less than mine. At the end of the day OP feels insecure and just because to us she looks lovely doesn't mean she sees it.

Hope you don't say similar to people with body dysmorphia.

I expect you feel you're not attractive enough for a partner but that's not the case. Circumstances sometimes get in the way there.

Just enjoy the little things you couldn't do if you had a partner or at least wouldn't get whined at not to do. Use your alone-ness as a positive.

Hope you have a lovely holiday.

Roussette · 24/07/2018 15:53

I love 'being brave' !!! That's a good one, Ihaven't had that one. I'm told I have pretty feet!

Spider I'm afraid I have to disagree with you. I am the most unphotogenic person on the planet. It's official. Even my adult DCs laugh and laugh at the photos of me because I look like a horse photobombing a nice family's picture.

MarthaArthur · 24/07/2018 15:53

I totally get that spider. Thats why i grew out of doing it. In my mind whenever i got bad comments it was confirmation of what i already knew. I'm still ugly as fuck now but i just try to not wallow in my looks anymore. They are what they are.

I cant condemn op though as I would be a hypocrit.

NotAnotherNoughtiesTune · 24/07/2018 15:54

@Roussette yup me too Smile

EleanorLavish · 24/07/2018 15:54

My sis is 44yo, no kids. I can tell you she has a figure and body plenty of women would love to have! Perky boobs, fab teeny butt, gorgeous skin, barely a wrinkle! She looks years younger, and not a surgical procedure in sight. So I do believe the OP is the age she says she is.
Hopefully she isn't the prize cow my sis is too....Grin
(I actully love her, she is my sis, but I can also see that she can be a bee-atch!!)

Kittypillar · 24/07/2018 15:54

Is it a fishing holiday you're on op?

Too funny Grin

Cleaningthefours · 24/07/2018 15:56

These threads are pointless because no-one would say you look shit whether you do or not OP..

downinthedumppppppsssss · 24/07/2018 15:56

I was trying to be nice twats !

MarthaArthur · 24/07/2018 15:57

A list of my compliments is:

Brave having green hair.
Sexy feet. Hmmmmm what i would do with them toes. Confused (i have been told by 2 foot fetish people i once dated my feet are my most attractive part.Grin)

Oh your hairs grown.

That dress fits you well!

Are you anorexic? I wish i was that thin.

What part of asia is your family from you can really see it in your eyes.
Your eyes are cool like an alien!

Grin
IwantedtobeEmmaPeel · 24/07/2018 15:57

Op, I suggest you follow Shirley Valentine's example, I did at your age and it fantastic.

InspectorIkmen · 24/07/2018 15:58

Roussette I definitely love you! Great post which resonates with me too although I gave up giving a shit many years ago!

IwantedtobeEmmaPeel · 24/07/2018 15:59

WAS fantastic ffs.

LSE27 · 24/07/2018 16:00

The OP is either on a magic youth elixir of some sort or that picture is not of a 40 year old woman with low self-esteem.

The picture is of a 44-year-old woman who has been in therapy for a decade.

Attention-seeking, yes, but there are very specific reasons why I don't feel confident in my body (essentially, I am intersex).

This is not my first post; I've name-changed.

OP posts:
Lovemusic33 · 24/07/2018 16:00

OP of course you look great. I am a similar size but covered in stretch marks from having 2 kids, this year is the first since having kids that I have worn a bikini on the beach.

Enjoy your holiday x

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 24/07/2018 16:00

My comment wasn't about wanting people to agree or disagree. It's how I feel.

LSE27 · 24/07/2018 16:02

Op, I suggest you follow Shirley Valentine's example, I did at your age and it was fantastic.

Funnily enough, I am on a Greek island. Havent seen any Tom Conto lookalikes so far though...

OP posts:
Roussette · 24/07/2018 16:03

My feet are prettier than yours Arthur, it's the only good bit about me! Grin

Not giving a shit is the way to go kmen. I know it matters lots to lots of people and it's a struggle if you think you look awful, but in my case if you haven't got it, you haven't got it. It can't be manufactured as such (well... a face transplant and continual liposuction might work, but don't touch my feet!) so I just have to rely on being upbeat Grin

Duskqueen · 24/07/2018 16:03

I saw the pic and felt a little pang of jealousy then I read your age, you look absolutely amazing and now I am really jealous. Blush

MarthaArthur · 24/07/2018 16:05

rousette we should skip this joint and start a travelling side show for feet. £1 a look we will be minted. Grin

Roussette · 24/07/2018 16:06

Arthur good move. I'll get on the foot fetish web and sort it!