Do you think you are attractive?

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I ahev just moved and met the only neighbour i think who isn't about 100!She is about 35 boden-y with kids and seemsnice but we were chatting about annie lennox as she had a paper with her picture on it and she was saying how it is harder for women who are attractive to accept aging and she was dreading it as she had spent her life getting what she wanted because of her looks!I was speechless for once and said little back but i would never say that although I am not what I was at 42 I was ok in my youth but it just shocked me So come on do you think you're gorge and has it helped or hindered you?

aw mrsTM, i wondered the same thing as my bod is certainly the worse for wear since we got together (what witht he 3 babies an all).. but he still seems to like it well enough, so that'll do me!

No, i look like a pig most days

I think I have the potentail to be attractive If i lost some more weight and made more of an effort.

Nope. Feel like a swamp donkey most of the time and have often been told so - but perhaps not quite in those terms . Oh well. DP doesnt seem bothered I just hope dd gets her dads looks and not mine .

agree mommalove.

a subtle difference between not being vain and full of yourself, and feeling awfula n putting yourself down for NO good reason. imo.

I think I look 'OK'. I always make an effort - I like nice clothes and accessories and I always have my make up on.

I don't think I'm hugely attractive or anything but dh thinks I'm stunning (and thinks I stand out among my friends ) but I honestly don't agree.

Agree with pruners about photos - I don't photograph well at all and dh says I look much better in RL than in photos. He deffo does too - he looks old in photos and fatter than he is too - it's bizarre!

I know other people that photo well but aren't so attractive in RL!

I think I look ok.
I did not look ok when I was a teenager though, I think i've grown into myself.
I was really tall and skinny which made me awkward and shy and a bit of a geek with no dress sense and thick glasses and worzel gummidge hair.
Now I have discovered, walking tall, ghds, highlights, and a couple of surgical procedures , I also spend time on face masks etc. Im no great beauty but I definetly feel more in the running if I make an effort.

Yes, I am extremely hot.

Nope; not pretty just lively!

Hey ggg! How are things with you?

OK Rhubs - worlds most prolonged rentree here but next week should finally have teenager free house .

Hows you? How is new job going?

ggg, you are extremely attractive, I've seen you on the telly

Am ok. Feel that I look better now than I did 10 years ago but then I have more time to spend on myself now that the children are older. Always wear makeup and try to make myself presentable.

I don't have great self-esteem though and am absolutely gob-smacked if a bloke chats me up - mind you that's not often these days now that I'm getting on a bit

I think it's not just looks that get people what they want - I believe it's if they have confidence with it. I know beautiful people who have absolutely no self-confidence and so avoid situations where they could make more of themselves because of self-doubt.

hmmm i've got better as i got older, like a fine wine

depends who you hang out with - i feel like an old crone near teenagers and quite sassy when with older people (got i sound like a boden raincoat)

I don't think I'm attractive in the slightest, in some respects I'm downright ugly but DP fancies the arse off me so I don't care (much)

Sorry this is rather vague, but I heard of a study a while ago which asked a number of men to rate themselves on a level of attractiveness out of 10. The large percentage gave themselves an 8/9 even if they were clearly not.

Women when asked to do a similar thing rated themselves a 5/6 on average even if they were very attractive.

Meaning that women underestimate how attractive they are and men overestimate. Therefore I reckon you women saying you are not all that are really gorgeous Anyway thats what makeup and hair products are for isn't it?!

I think im the best thing since sliced bread and my hubby agrees

Nah, I grew a lot quicker than most girls at school, in my boob area. I hated it for ages
I dont think im ugly, and scrub up ok, but most days just think im ok. but am only 25, so maybe ask once winkles set in

Oh and it helped me napped dh, but not in any other area, could be coz i work with woman.

Some days I think I look fine
other days I think I'm a right munter

also have to be very careful who i stand next to, when out with friends. My two best friends are slim and blonde, my other friend used to be a model I guess i would be the fat friend when we go out

Are we allowed to be totally modest

yeas I think so, but have got better with age definately, and it doesnt come naturally I have to make the effort. I have started having botox (which disgusts everyone around me including my horrified GP) think about what I wear (most days), I always wear make-up and train at the gym about 4 times a week.

dh thinks I'm having a mid-life crisis at 32

No, not at all. But according to my DH I am more attractive now, relatively speaking, than I was 20 years ago. Back handed compliment?????