DontDribbleOnTheCarpet Wed 01-Jan-20 17:32:27

Beauty isn't a virtue, it's an accident. It's terrible that less attractive people are treated worse than the more attractive ones, but they aren't better because of their beauty (which in any case almost always fades).



In terms of my friends or even the people I like, their looks aren't an issue, I just don't care. I doubt I'm alone in that. Even when choosing a partner it wasn't really part of my decision (I've been married for nearly 3 decades and he was no oil painting then and has only got more "interesting" looking with age). I don't know if I'm ugly, but I very much doubt that I'm beautiful. I think that beauty probably requires some sort of maintenance and I'm not up for that even if I did have the potential to develop.



Do you have people who love you, OP? Is your life fulfilling and varied? Do you have interesting work and/or hobbies? All of these things are more important than beauty. You can't even see your own face most of the time, and I'm sure that you are not surrounded with such beauty in your everyday life that you are noticeably plainer than everyone around you. Most people worry about what they look like, but don't give much of a stuff about other people's looks.