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 Lookingforasweetone

Joined: 5/15/2005
Msg: 1
What is Beauty?
Posted: 6/8/2005 6:06:41 PM
Well I will be the first to say I am not all that pretty...I talked to my ex husband the other day and he started talking about me and him getting back together for my sons sake...but as the conversation went on he ended it with "Your not all that pretty anyway, why should i bother??" Yeah that hurt....but it got me thinking is beauty on the outside or the inside now and days??
 tagone

Joined: 2/23/2005
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Posted: 6/8/2005 6:09:27 PM
See how smart and beautiful you are, Looking?

Smart enough to kick that jerk to the curb.

Beauty is a combination of both inside and outside... and while nothing can make one who is ugly on the inside beautiful, inner beauty can make an average person shine!
 Lookingforasweetone

Joined: 5/15/2005
Msg: 3
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Posted: 6/8/2005 6:13:23 PM
well ty tagone

I just dont understand why alot more people are like that now and days
 touch me

Joined: 2/17/2005
Msg: 4
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Posted: 6/8/2005 6:24:38 PM
Man, I'd like to slap your ex. Sorry if that offends you, but geez that was really mean.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. To one person you could look like a goddess, the next you could look like a troll. I think you're pretty, but I'd love to see some pictures of you smiling! A smile really lights up the face!

Ahh, but you don't have to listen to me. I don't show pictures of my face so I shouldn't really be saying anything. Don't listen to your ex. Self Confidance is a huge turn on.
 sprinkles

Joined: 4/18/2005
Msg: 5
What is Beauty?
Posted: 6/8/2005 6:27:15 PM
Sadly today we live in a very looks based society but personally I believe that real beauty comes from who the person is. Because an individual may be stunningly beautiful on the outside but have an ugly personality and no amount of good looks could ever help that but if someone is average looking but is a wonderful person that will add to their beauty because who that person is will fill in the flaws of their physical appearance.

And also as many say, beautify is the eye of the beholder. Even though that is true I am still trying to completely believe it and get over my poor self confidence because of my attitude on my looks but that is beside the point.

~ Sprinkles ~



And I think your husbend was wrong about how you look and a jerk!
 Lookingforasweetone

Joined: 5/15/2005
Msg: 6
What is Beauty?
Posted: 6/8/2005 6:49:45 PM
I will be the first person to say that yeah my biggest thought in my head is am i going to be alone for the rest of my life but i will say that no i didnt stay with my ex because of my son....I dont think Seth(myson) deserves that at all...If i am not happy neither will my son.....

I just want to know why beauty judged by the outside and not the inside?
If a person isn't beautiful on the outside does that mean they arent on the inside?
 Danien

Joined: 8/8/2004
Msg: 7
What is Beauty?
Posted: 6/8/2005 7:09:51 PM


I will be the first person to say that yeah my biggest thought in my head is am i going to be alone for the rest of my life


DOn't think like that or you will be alone.
Get some confidence drop the Ex if he is goin to be such a ****. beauty is both on the outside and inside. I used to only be attracted to looks until i ran into my last ex she was average at first, then once i got to know her persona she became just as good lookin as the next hottie :). A personallity can change a persons physical appearance from bad to good or vice versa my opinion of course
 MerryArtist

Joined: 11/4/2004
Msg: 8
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:16:07 PM
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder. (*Isn't that a profound statement? Lovely/ Shakespeare, huh.)

Also, beauty is what you create. In a relationship; it's what is created and acknowledged - together. Beauty is never created alone or in a vacuum - SHE requires appreciation - otherwise, no one would know SHE existed.


(Men can be beautiful too; but - I think that it's more sublime.)
 MizzzzD

Joined: 5/5/2005
Msg: 9
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:37:14 PM

I just want to know why beauty judged by the outside and not the inside?
If a person isn't beautiful on the outside does that mean they arent on the inside?

hope I did that quote thing right..

there are a lot of people who don't take the time to meet an average,or ugly person,as some put it. Because they are to afraid that others will critisize them. . When you see a person for the first time,physical attractiveness is always what get's it going. BUT if people take the time and talk to others,not knowing what they look like, you may find a great person
. if you think you are beautiful, then that's all that matters.

it sounds like your ex has some *personal* issues about how he feels about himself as well. afterall he did choose to be with you and have a child.

keep your chin up, there is someone for you!
 MizzzzD

Joined: 5/5/2005
Msg: 10
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Posted: 6/8/2005 7:37:54 PM
oops...sorry I messed that one up. forgot to un quote
 MerryArtist

Joined: 11/4/2004
Msg: 11
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Posted: 6/8/2005 8:08:32 PM
Good quote, though :)
 MizzzzD

Joined: 5/5/2005
Msg: 12
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Posted: 6/10/2005 3:23:45 PM
thank you..
 carribeanking7

Joined: 4/10/2005
Msg: 13
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Posted: 6/13/2005 9:07:16 PM
Nothing compares with the beauty of mother earth.....more than just the visual beauty of her skies,seas,forests & mountains...
she nurtures us mortals with life giving air and sustenance of her soils....

oops........should have posted tis in the poetry thread.
 patty4u

Joined: 5/22/2005
Msg: 14
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Posted: 6/14/2005 2:03:26 AM
With that booty, we'll excuse pix of the face.
Beauty = a fine buns
 EcoTecErn

Joined: 5/28/2005
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Posted: 6/14/2005 2:11:45 AM
That's all right "CARRIBEANKING7"
In this life time their are 2 kinds of people
1.) Fake
2.) R. E. A. L. Respect Earth And Life

 bbkitty

Joined: 11/27/2005
Msg: 16
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Posted: 11/29/2005 4:54:35 PM
hi sweetie, one thing to say. they must of threw away the mold, after they made you. today, no one thinks that way, anymore. i agree with you, too. beauty is both. wished more men thought, like you.
 angelic_julite

Joined: 11/11/2005
Msg: 17
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Posted: 11/29/2005 5:16:12 PM
wow i can't belive he said that well this is my point on beauty to me it not on the out side well see before i had my little girl i was what the guys called in high school a knock out but to me it was not my looks or my size it was me on the inside see you can be the most beautiful woman in the world and then when some one talk to you, you can be a stuck up witch and trun them off but then you can have okay looks and be the sweetest person and they would still fall for you yes i do know you have to have that spark there but it not every thing well i guess what i'm trying to say is just because you are and ugly duckling on the out side does not mean you are not a beautiful sawn on the inside . do you get what i'm trying to say
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 livewirehere

Joined: 8/10/2004
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Posted: 11/29/2005 6:59:31 PM
Something that comes from the inside. I don't think there are words to describe it, except that other people are drawn to it~~ I'd say more like an aura, if I had to come up with a "word"...
 myboyisabox

Joined: 5/26/2004
Msg: 19
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Posted: 11/29/2005 8:41:35 PM
Well, I could be wrong, but I believe Beauty is an old wooden ship that was used during the civil war era.
 somebodyelse

Joined: 11/22/2005
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Posted: 11/29/2005 9:18:19 PM
Self confidence is really very important in the way people perceive you... although I don't always practice what I preach there, I encourage my friends to see all the great things about themselves.

One good example, had a friend a few years back. She was extremely overweight, but really a pretty woman. We would go out, and she wouldn't have any fun. She complained to me one time about nobody talking to her. Well, I told her to go in there and act like she owned the place, act beautiful, even if she didn't believe it herself. That night, she had a blast, and ended up meeting a lot of fun people.
 Tregana

Joined: 7/24/2007
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Posted: 10/20/2007 9:31:33 AM
Beauty starts inside, then flows to the surface.
What ever is INSIDE is going to be noticed regardless of the packaging. (unless the person doesn't look and pay attention, and well then you don't want them anyway rofl..)
I've been out with guys who are gorgeous on the outside and their inner sucked a big one, and guys that most wouldn't give the time of day to cause of their external looks, but what was inside would lite up an area like a roman candle.
Kick the ex to the curb he evidently doesn't deserve you.
 strongandquiet

Joined: 6/30/2007
Msg: 22
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Posted: 10/20/2007 10:22:50 AM
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, is probably the best place to start. Since everyone is and individual, we all have our own ideas, of what is beautiful. The sad thing with todays society is that we have so many self proclaimed experts (has been drips) trying to convince a majority of the population as to their ideas and opinions, many do this for monitary gain in one form or another.

The following is merely my own opinion, would like further discussion.

Since men are visual by nature they tend to look at the surface only, thus the cause for women to go to great extremes to improve their surface, look at all the money spent in this area by the amount of advertising spent. When in some ways men may be a little further ahead in unconditional love, as love me for who I am not, what I am pretending to be, therefore a little more honesty. We are certainly farther behind in observing things like the heart of a woman, her inner being, who she is beyond the surface as women can survey a room and it's contents faster and more thourghly than men. This certainly is complicated by our perceptions derived from tv in todays society, while consciously we know aren't true, subcounsciouly it warps us all.

Women on the other hand tend to be more perceptive than men and pick up on little things and some big things that men never even see. However the true value of women lie in their innermost beings their heart, spirit, nature, character, of which many men never take the time to explore, try to understand, comprehend, and most importantly learn to love. So if women are going with a guy who is only looking at the surface chances are he is only looking for a quick fix (sex), but if he invests the time he is looking at the inner woman, and a life mate.

I feel that there are some who are ment to be married, and some who are not. So each of us must figure that out for ourselves. No one likes getting ripped off so if either guys or gals have to put on a superficial aire as to who they are at 1st, to attract the other, then what happens when the mask comes off, the only way of dealing with this is to take time to know the whole person, and if either is waiting for their perfect mate, forget it we will destroy their perfection, do to our own imperfection therefore unconditional love.
 -xS0SiiCK

Joined: 10/2/2006
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Posted: 10/20/2007 10:31:14 AM
i really do think true beauty is on the inside.. attractivness is on the out..

you can meet a not so attractiv person but there personality is really good and that makes them beautiful!

and wow he said that? thats cold. dont take it to heart im sure your fine
 The Little Brooker

Joined: 8/11/2007
Msg: 24
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Posted: 10/20/2007 10:39:25 AM
Beauty is what you see when you fall in love. Honestly, when you are in love with someone their physical appearance becomes appealing no matter what the configuration of their body or face.

Case in point. My daughters were looking at my photo album one day and cracked up over a "goofy looking" guy. He was my highschool sweetheart who I thought was gorgeous, then and still to this day. At that moment, I realized the power of love and beauty.

Every man I have loved has been handsome and hot. Apparently, they were not.
 guywithboat

Joined: 10/16/2007
Msg: 25
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Posted: 10/20/2007 9:11:09 PM
Beauty ?
What we consider beautiful is in one place ! Our MIND !
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