Looks are only skin deep, it's the inside that counts?

Canada
August 2, 2007 2:42pm CST
How would you feel if someone said to you that it is what counts on the inside that matters and literally mean it..I was dating this guy..He literally ment it as I was ugly on the outside but inside was beautiful..I was very hurt by this and thought why is he with me if my looks are in some way attractive to you..I've heard that term before but never til then had someone literally mean it..I think if you are a beatiful on the inside it shines through..What do you think?
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10 responses
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
4 Aug 07
Well there are certainly different ways of putting that I think that was a terrible thing to say and yes you are right Beauty shines through and I have seen your Photo in your Profile and there is nothing ugly about you Sweetheart
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
5 Aug 07
Sweetheart I meant it
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• Canada
5 Aug 07
awwww that is so sweet of you too say hun thank you for that...blushing now hehe
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• Canada
2 Aug 07
To be honest hun I still to this day can't believe he ever said that to you. I agree that who a person is on the inside shines through. We have been friends for over 15 years and if I really thought you were that horrible of a person their is no way we would still be friends. I think you are very pretty and a great person hun, and that totally shines through!
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• Canada
4 Aug 07
I'm So glad that you aren't with that guy anymore, and I am SO happy that your hubby makes you feel beautiful and compliments you all the time! That's the way it should be!
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• Canada
4 Aug 07
yes he loves me for me and likes me better without make up and my ex well always wanted me to put it on lol don't get me wrong I love looking good and putting some on but to be told I almost need it egads hehe
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• Canada
2 Aug 07
I can't believe it either..But I guess that is just who he is..My hubby is the total opposite and he makes me feel i'm beatiful that and you too..hugzzzzz hun loves you
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
9 Aug 07
This bloke was certainly tactless but he was giving you a lovely compliment too. I don't think inner beauty always shines through except maybe from someone's eyes and not everyone is able to see beautiful qualities in a person. Soem don't go any further than someone's outward appearance. You should really get to know someone before you think you know them just by their looks, good or bad.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
9 Aug 07
I also just looked at your photo and you are lovely looking.
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• Canada
9 Aug 07
thank you MsTickle that was sweet of you to say..I guess just when he ment the fraze literally it hurt...But him and I are good friends now and I've gotton past that and realized that is just who my ex was.
@vinzen (1020)
• India
3 Aug 07
Hi, well dont get disheartened, as looks are decptive like people say and some call you ugly or not attractive, of course its natural to feel hurt alos, but again, if we know what we are we should not letit effect us too, isnt it, why let it hurt and pain us. And actually what each person feels about you or me will alwasy differ too isnt it, if one says you are ugly the other may find you beautiful, as beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder isnt it.
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@vinzen (1020)
• India
5 Aug 07
Hi, thanks for responding to my reply, and yes looks are just spuerficial, what the eyes can see above the real human being, the real you, that lies deep within,and to know that, they have to go deep within you.
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• Canada
9 Aug 07
yes vinzin you are so right..I've heard the saying that you cannot judge a book by its cover it's what is on the inside that you can see and judge much the same with people hugzzz thank for your reponse
• Canada
4 Aug 07
hi vinzen you are so right..I guess it's how certain people will see us and how others won't...I guess it all lies in the eye of the beholder like you say very true thanks for your response..
• Canada
2 Aug 07
ok, im a guy, and i know what we guys are thinking. If the guy your dating tells you its your inside he cares about, he's bullshiittin, screw him!! i mean dump him..... you are always attracted to a person,then you will ask that person out and get to know him/her.....
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• Canada
2 Aug 07
I understand and see what you are saying..And the relationship did end..We are still friends..I'm married to a man who thinks I'm beautiful no matter what make-up or no make-up loves and thinks i'm beautiful just the same..I think that if the person is a nice person and caring that beauty shines through...
• Canada
5 Aug 07
that is so very true oneandonemakesix...It's the inside that counts and I like you have never thought of myself as pretty or attractive...I have a pretty low self esteem at best.
• Sweden
3 Aug 07
it is the inside that counts
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• Canada
3 Aug 07
you are so right hun...Someone good be very good looking on the outside but if that shines through they aren't so goodlooking hugzzz...
3 Aug 07
If someone said this to me I would be very hurt and wonder why they were with me in the first place. Its the same as when someone wants to end a relationship and says Its not you its me, yer right..what a load of crap!! Obviously it was fate that you were not meant to be together and from this you were lucky to meet your husband. This other man definately does not know how to communicate and most probably he's own insecurities were turned onto you. If someone chooses to make such remarks its only to make you feel as bad as they are feeling. Take with a pinch of salt my friend, they just ain't worth it!!!
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• Canada
3 Aug 07
thanks hun and yes that was my first reaction too and I asked him so are you with me then if you don't find me remotely attractive he back pedled his way out of that for along time lol...Yes I'm very lucky to be married to a man like my husband...He loves me for me and trusts me completly hugzzz that is some great advice hun
@suman76 (648)
• India
3 Aug 07
The matter part is from both the side. It is also necessary to good looking form inside by your heart and beautifully looking form outside the part.
• Canada
3 Aug 07
I agree that is a good way of looking at it beauty does shine through smiles
@mummymo (23706)
2 Aug 07
Aww sweety that must have felt bad but he may not have meant it the way it sounded! I know that I am no oil painting looks wise but I think I have a pretty beautiful inside! When my partner and I got together a woman at work (you now they type 60 going on 23 and caked in make up) looked me up and down and said " but he is so good looking!" I just said " I know and it is me he loves - weird isn't it"? and laughed but I felt so hurt, when I told him about this he just looked at me and said I was beautiful - you know the saying sweety - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! xxx
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• Canada
2 Aug 07
that is very true saying too mummymo...I asked what he ment and he literally ment it the way it sounded I was like in complete schock..hugzzzz
@thefortunes (2367)
• Netherlands
9 Aug 07
BlueAngelRS The guy was really rude, and badmannerd at best, and you did the right thing to dump him, what a jurk. And yes, beauty shines through, but there are people that are blind for it and go only after the shining Zirconias instead of noticing the unpolished dimanonds :) Think of it this way - if it wasn't for this guy's mistake and blindness - you wouldn't have found and married your present love, who does appreciate the rough diamonds way more (as he should) instead of the shiny Zirconias, which are worthless on the inside :)
• Canada
10 Aug 07
hi thefortunes yes you are absolutly right my husband and I got back together a couple to a few years ago and our wedding 1 year anniversary is coming up in a week..So I guess it takes alot of bad relationships or alot of heartache to find out what you have been missing thanks for your response.