Do you still think your adult children are beautiful

[TheLastShanty]

I have little ones who I think are the best looking children I've ever seen 😁 do you still continue to think this as they get older?

I have a 15 and 25 year old.
The 25 yo is obviously fully grown and is very beautiful in my eyes.

A family elder has declared that my 15 yo has a special place in her heart because of his beautiful Irish eyes. He is 1/8 Irish FWIW! She is very wise so it must be true.

I understand people thinking their baby is beautiful even when they look like a potato

There's definitely some hormonal stuff going on there! When I look back at photos of poor DS2 from 4 weeks to about 4 months he really was a sorry sight. He had the worst cradle cap the GP had ever seen - right down to his nose, behind his ears. I thought he was beautiful. I mean, he was underneath it all, but not really to look at. People never said anything though. A few children asked innocent questions.

Oh, this is such a wonderful question. And lots of lovely answers!
My son is adopted, and he really is the most beautiful child I've ever seen. I always thought I'd struggle with the fact he doesn't look like me or my partner, but that isn't even a thought anymore. Especially as he's picked up little mannerisms from the two of us, so even thought he doesn't physically look like us, he does resemble us to some extent. That's been beautiful to experience.

All the people saying their DC are stunning, and all the average looking people you see, is quite a funny mismatch.

I have a DD toddler and I also think she's stunning. She has a sweep of long, dark eyelashes, just like her dad - deep dark blue eyes and pale skin. But her features are just so uniform, I had a professional photographer telling me I needed to take her for baby modelling, and another mum in our NCT group said "we all know your DD is the best looking baby of the group".

But judging from the comments here, maybe I'm just deluded like everyone else 😂

It's actually made me feel a lot more confident about my own looks, because she looks a lot like me. I've been told I'm attractive but never believed it. Yeah weirdly seeing how pretty my daughter is made me feel more confident with how I look too.

Beauty is subjective!

My four are adults..aged 26-32 so I'm well past the 'my babies are the most beautiful ever' stage. Objectively my no 3 looked like a pug at birth (and I was smitten )abut grew into a very attractive woman who is not just attractive but an amazing, competent childrens' palliative care nurse ...her compassion and skill makes her more than just beautiful because she cares for families at the worst possible moments in their lives.
DD1 looks like a ballet dancer.. ethereal and willowy; model proportions, but what makes her beautiful is her passion for helping people as a doctor. DS2 is tall, quite handsome, and always kind and happy and it shines from him.
DS1 is the image of his Dad.. decently handsome enough but not a Chris Hemsworth.
But... when he sings ..he does gigs, his voice stops people in their tracks. He often does 'background to an event gigs' and I've been to enough to watch people stop eating , stop talking and just turn to listen, and always call for more. He met his wife when he was doing a gig... she heard him sing and that was IT
Of course my 3 year old grandchild is the most beautiful child on the planet....

I love them dearly but no.

What a wonderful, lovely tribute to your children! You should share what you wrote with them. ❤️

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This thread has made me smile. Meanwhile in the real world, the majority of people are average… 😂

Thank you for sharing this - I am now starting a deep dive!

I know a woman who frequently told people about her beautiful daughter. At the time her daughter was in her 20s/30s. This woman would credit her daughter with so many positive attributes including her ability to sing, her brains, her height, her figure and her beauty. The reality was while her daughter was a trained singer and clever, she was not tall, slim or beautiful. That isn't being critical of her daughter, she simply wasn't any of those things. She spoke about her son in a similar way and when it came to meeting her son,, people were genuinely confused. She is now saying many of the same things about her grandchildren.

To me, it isn't about her daughter, her son or her grandchildren. It is about her. By saying her family members are all these things, she is really saying them about herself. Now that the woman is much older, she is more likely to describe how she was a great singer herself in her youth, about how she modelled in her 30s etc (she modelled in a village hall for a local fundraiser). Her offspring are a reflection of herself and how she views herself. It doesn't mean she's right though.

@JayJayEl I agree but there’s likely to be a vast difference between those who are objectively beautiful and those who are subjectively beautiful. I suspect the majority of adult children referred to on this thread are the latter.

Yep
Both absolutely gorgeous
Like genuinely incredibly good looking with lovely smiles
And if I've got mum goggles on I don't care

I have three,all beautiful human beings but the youngest is the most scrubbed up ie runs ,makes an effort with appearance,interested with fashion etc .Other two perfectly presentable ,but the youngest more consistent!

It’s lovely to see how many see beauty in their children no matter what. My parents sadly didn’t have that filter. They weren’t wrong, but still…

Yes, my 3 are all beautiful inside and out

My DD was described as the most perfect looking baby ever seen, lol. It took my DS 6m to recover from his birth he was a flk until that point, but when he did, he was a beaut. My DH and I were surprised by how many people commented on him and wanted to show him off to colleagues, restaurants, etc.
As adults, they are both very good-looking. My DS is handsome, and my DD is beyond pretty.

I have seen loads of babies that only a parent would love blossom into beautiful people. So yes I suspect we do all think our babies are cute - it's so we look after them apparently - the vast majority aren't classically pretty, but they are all cute.

Just a last thought... with the advent of AI, do any of us think that what you look like might not be a key matter in future?

No I don’t, I think my kids are amazing in so many ways and I’m very much obsessed but they aren’t model beautiful. I also think a lot of parents are delusional.

My SIL posts a picture of her kids esp the new born pictures and they are the ugliest kids I’ve ever seen, yet she used hashtag beautiful. It amazes me that love can make people so blind and of course I never say anything but it’s crazy what these hormones do!

Oh yes!

My daughter and son are both gorgeous, just being in their company makes me happy!

My grandchildren just fill my heart to bursting, they are so amazing. I love how they are growing into such nice adults.

Yes, heads turn when my 2 sons walk in. No idea where their looks came from!

Objectively DD 26 is an ordinary looking young woman.

To me, she's astoundingly beautiful. I'm her only parent. She has coped with my alcoholism (in recovery many years), working full time from when she was six weeks old, ostracism from my parents (for being a single parent), and has achieved a remarkable career, First in psychology (no surprises there). Her beauty is in her character.

My son is a combination of both his birth parents. He got his beautiful green eyes of his birth mum.

Interesting. I remember my mum who had five of us saying she wasn’t sure how attractive we all were in other people’s eyes but she thought we were all better than average!
I have three adults. I know that I get comments a lot about my beautiful DD and my handsome DS but nothing spontaneous about DD2. So people will say good grief he must get all the girls or wow she must be fighting them off about two of them but one just gets ‘happy birthday to beautiful x’ type statements.

So I guess two thirds of mine are STUNNING and one is only beautiful to me!

This is such an adorable thread.

I love all the comments from adoring parents who still think their adult children are the most beautiful beings in existence.

Doesn't matter if it's not objectively true, it's a symptom of parental love and it's reassuring that it never goes away😍