To find people start talking to you more if you have a ‘glow up’

[Gymgirl92]

Apologies for the slightly cringey term!

My partner left me last year and I decided to work on my revenge body, I went from a size 14 to a 10. I then found that I got so much more attention at work, male and female. People who previously wouldn’t say hello to me would suddenly want to chat to me and I just found it funny how they didn’t bother before and as my friend put it, it must be down to the ‘glow up’!

Has anyone else found this to be the case? It seems shallow of people but is that just the way of the world these days..

I believe it’s this also.

😂

Wait? What? So you mean people are more attracted to you because you look better and slimmer?

More blokes chat to you now you’re a size 10?

Can’t actually believe this.

Who would have thought it??

Did you never go to school and see that prettier girls are more popular? Never seen girls flock round an attractive guy? Never gone in to a club and seen that attractive people fair better than ugly ones. Never been in a meeting and seen men laughing and flirting with the hot girl from HR and ignoring Maureen from accounts?

Yes.

Looks matter to others, even though we like to pretend they don't.

Watch any walk of life - 8 year olds in the playground or 60 year old accountants in a boardroom. The better looking men and women will get more attention.

My 10 year son came to a BBQ with us recently. There was a girl his age who was in to the same games as him, they got on well. But you should have seen his face when a girl aged 12 walked in with blonde hair down to her waist and wearing a Nike crop top and shorts. He sat up straight, threw the iPad down he was playing with and left the girl he’d been chatting to. Every adult clocked it and laughed.

I don't think it's just down to feeling more confident in yourself, though perhaps that plays into it for some. There are times when I've happened to have dressed for a presentation or just tried out some more defined make-up to test new samples etc. and wondered why I was so lucky to get better service or manners that day. No difference in how I was putting myself forwards personality-wise, because I'd completely forgotten!

Same here. Applies to strangers too, men and women, talking to me more. A friend called it "skinny privilege"