Reply #131: I'll be honest...

[Vektor]

I'm apparently considered very attractive. That's what people say. I have never thought so, but whatever. I have had all sorts of men come at me with the lamest pick-up lines, the stupidest come-ons, and the most ridiculous false promises and overinflated egos you could ever imagine. While my friends were all swooning over these wanna-be Lotharios, and saying how "hot" they were, I was horrified by what I saw as an obvious disrespect for women, and a vibe that made my skin crawl.

I pretty much swore off men in my mid twenties, because I really was just disgusted at how many of them thought that bleached teeth, imposing height, a sports car, or a fat wallet were acceptable substitutes for respect, love, and dependability. Just when I accepted that single-hood would be a life-long choice for me, I met the most beautiful creature I had ever laid eyes on.

He was 5'10, 230 pounds, a little soft in the middle, and had not a hair on his head. CUE BALD.
He had a job, but was by no means Donald Trump.

He was intelligent, funny, warm, and the very first man I ever met who did not forget I was there whenever a set of tits went by. He was respectable, and respectFUL. He was loyal, and compassionate. He loved animals and children, and had lovely blue eyes, which never wandered.

He asked me to marry him two months after our first date.

Five months after that, we were honeymooning in Hawaii.

That was five years ago. I cannot imagine my life without him in it.

He is the most beautiful human being I have ever seen, and in the event anyone were to look at us, and not see that, I'd correct them quickly. Anyone who would look at us and say "what is that attractive woman doing with that chunky bald guy?" would be instructed by me to open their eyes and look again - clearly, he is the beautiful one, and I am the lucky one. I happen to appreciate a man with a little meat on his bones, and a shiny pate. I'm pretty big on the way he treats me too. :-)
Don't let our superficial and misguided society convince you that beauty = worthiness.

It doesn't.

Unless the beauty we're talking about is the kind that comes from within.