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Would you say your child is THE best looking in a crowd

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peachesandcream2021 · 07/07/2023 18:43

I'm really intrigued.

Was having this conversation today with a group of mums.

In a crowd full of children would you look at your own child and think 'they are the best looking out them all'

Because let's face it, everyone seems to think their daughter is the 'most gorgeous' and their son the 'most handsome'

Is it rose-tinted glasses?

(Yes, a very superficial topic, but one I found interesting)

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HerRoyalNotness · 07/07/2023 20:33

I’m the reverse, I see them as average. Other people say how handsome and beautiful they are. Probably because I see them every day. I don’t think I’m good looking either, other people do.

harrietm87 · 07/07/2023 20:33

I think my DC1 (4) is very handsome. He has massive and very wide spaced blue eyes and amazing thick hair. I actually think he looks quite odd and that’s what makes him beautiful/interesting to look at. But I have no idea what he will look like as an adult - could go either way!

DD is very average looking I’d say, though has beautiful hair (natural red-gold ringlets). But she looks very like my sister in law who was a gawky child and now a very lovely adult, so there is hope for her too.

I think of myself as very unattractive and don’t think it’s held me back.

SilverGlitterBaubles · 07/07/2023 20:34

All I know is that my teen DDs are far more beautiful and put together than I even was at their age.

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MotherOfDragon20 · 07/07/2023 20:35

I would think it but wouldn’t say it (maybe to my husband and my parents).

DuckonaBike · 07/07/2023 20:35

Yes, mine are teenagers now and I have always thought they were both staggeringly beautiful. I actually feel bad for other parents because my children are clearly better.

(It is just possible that I’m wearing the Mummy goggles) 😉

GreyTS · 07/07/2023 20:36

DD1 started off a little interesting' looking and is objectively now a very pretty teenager, super sporty, def turns heads. DD2 🙈 is stunning, she's only 12 but I'm 😮 when I look at her sometimes. She photographs badly though whereas DD1 is v photogenic. My mothers family has some insanely beautiful women in it and DD2 has definitely inherited their shiny shiny star quality

justsayingthat · 07/07/2023 20:36

I think it's to do with hormones/ genetics. Maybe an instinctual thing to make you protect and look after them.

I have a DD who is tall, loads of hair, stunning and a DS who is cute, smiley, adorable... in my eyes. Lots of people have told me this too, but people tend to say nice things about children, rather than point out any perceived flaws! I don't think it's unusual for a random stranger to say, 'oh, she's beautiful' or 'oh, he's adorable'.

I genuinely believe I have the best looking children that I know, but I'm sure all of my other parent friends feel the same about their children.

Snoopystick · 07/07/2023 20:36

DS17 is very handsome and gets chatted up a lot by older ladies. I’ve had girls follow us around shops giggling and trying to catch his eye. DD15 is pretty but honestly not in the same league, she gets fed up with her friends going in about him.

BrambIeberry · 07/07/2023 20:36

Yes. Both. Very much so.

Overitx · 07/07/2023 20:37

Yes. I have 2 - 1 of them I regularly think “wow you are absolutely gorgeous”. The other one is gorgeous but probably only to me, average to everyone else. The other one I get told very often he’s good looking.

Cathod · 07/07/2023 20:38

Yes, my little baby boy is the most handsome baby that has ever existed and that will ever exist. Has long dark eyelashes like his Daddy, a cute button nose, golden skin and really soft chubby cheeks.

Greentree1 · 07/07/2023 20:38

Answer has to be yes. whether others think it's true or not.

EdithStourton · 07/07/2023 20:39

One of mine is seriously stunning and always was, from babyhood (she got a lot of compliments, so I know it wasn't just me).

She takes after my father's side, which is packed to the rafters with stunningly beautiful women. Those genetics bypassed me, but came out in DD.

Sensibletrousers · 07/07/2023 20:39

My 14 year old spotty oik of a son is definitely handsome compared to his spotty oik friends… regularly told he has a lovely face, and we tease him for having Prince Charming hair out of Shrek where he just ruffles it and it looks perfect.

DS2 is by no means ugly, he is more cute, less classically handsome.

lastminutewednesday · 07/07/2023 20:43

One of my DD's objectively yes I would. And so do most other people (which is both a blessing and a curse in lots of ways). The other one no I wouldn't.
I'm not going to say which one is which though! And they are both great girls and loved dearly and both beautiful to me.

RudsyFarmer · 07/07/2023 20:44

Of course because he is mine!!!!

lastminutewednesday · 07/07/2023 20:49

Oddly enough the very good looking one was the ugliest baby I had ever seen. I was genuinely concerned for her for about 2 years as she really did stop traffic, not in a good way. Whilst the other one was a very pretty baby. Which just goes to show that there is a lot of changing to happen as they grow up!

pinkunicorns54 · 07/07/2023 20:49

This has got me thinking and yes I do think so - but I think it's because they are mine and they are so scrummy! They weren't a pretty baby though. But a gorgeous toddler.

However, my youngest, who is a baby, I think is the most beautiful baby ever to Grace the earth! They often get stopped when out and commented on how they look.
But I'll look back in a years time and realise.... they were just a potato too 😂

ummWTH · 07/07/2023 20:49

Cooroo · 07/07/2023 18:52

I remember when my DD(26) was a baby I was faintly embarrassed at how beautiful she was compared to everyone else's ugly little things. I imagine they all felt the same!

This kind of reminds me of this meme 🤣
I'm not picking on your daughter..I'm sure she genuinely was a beautiful baby but it just came to mind reading the first part of your comment 😅

Would you say your child is THE best looking in a crowd
Bennyjoon · 07/07/2023 20:50

I would’ve said my youngest was when she was little. She had cute bobbed hair, large blue eyes and the brightest smile.

FlutteryButterfly · 07/07/2023 20:51

My DD was a very cute baby and beautiful toddler but then went a bit average (so what?!) through primary and early years through secondary school. But she is absolutely stunning at 16, not model like but is a head tutner and had multiple date requests for prom- hmmm very shallow!

BeardyButton · 07/07/2023 20:51

Yes! The only person I feel comfortable talking about this to is my husband - who agrees with me. We sometimes ponder whether we are the tiniest bit biased….

Lesina · 07/07/2023 20:52

Yes, because he is. We have been stopped by modelling scouts, people stare at him in the street. He is stunning. He is also autistic with complex needs. I guess you can’t have everything

HippeePrincess · 07/07/2023 20:56

Mine are really gorgeous, I’ve had so many comments through the years. I couldn’t go anywhere without literally everyone stopping me to look at DD, she has modelled although she didn’t like doing it so we stopped.
DS is so handsome and tall and grown up compared to most of his peers.
I don’t understand where they get it as me and ex dh were not good looking children!!

mcmooberry · 07/07/2023 21:00

No, I have a firm grip on reality and am in fact a bit critical. One of my children is well above average looking the other two average at best. The good looking one was a horror at birth though, I actually thought there might be a genetic defect and fully expected them to whisk her away for testing after the paediatrician had examined her.

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