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attractiveness?

how do you know how attractive you are?

i'm at a complete loss :frown: last night i went clubbing with my friends and i'm so confused

basically whenever a fit guy tried it on with me i lost total confidence because i assume i'm not good enough for them and just wander away. then when average looking guys started dancing with me, which i feel a lot happier with, my friends always dragged me away saying they weren't good enough :s-smilie:

what can i do?? i know the simple answer is to be more confident but how?????

also how do you judge your own attractiveness and what number would you give yourself out of 10?

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If hot guys "try it on with you" then chances are you're really pretty.
So next time just smile and be confident!!!
your friends are idiots. if you are not confident with 'attractive guys' how can they say you are too good for 'average looking' guys? it's not all to do with looks.
I wouldn't just 'be confident'. You might be hideous. Instead, ask some of your friends what they think.
one ways that jessica simpson 'boosted' her confidence is that apparently she stuck post-it notes on her mirror that said "you are beautiful" and something along those lines that one would expect to boost one's confidence. She concluded that by reading them everytime she glanced at the mirror/ her reflection she felt better and in a way that does work. my friend is a very(and lucky!) person as her mom constantly told her how beautiful and gorgeous she is EVERYDAY as far as i remember- im not to say she's the most stunning girl out there but she has definetely has the confidence. so coming back to the first point- one does not need someone to be telling them supportive words and boosting their confidence- one can do it oneself- jessica is an example :smile:
8inchestall
your friends are idiots. if you are not confident with 'attractive guys' how can they say you are too good for 'average looking' guys? it's not all to do with looks.

exactlyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
there's more to guys than looks! some of my friends frequently disagree with my taste for guys that they consider to be much less attractie than me- but it's all about the bigger picture and personality!
your friends shouldn't really veto the guys that are allowed to come near you based solely on looks :/

the only thing making you shy is your own confidence, or lack of ratherrr. see what you like about yourself and how happy you are with the way you look and be proud of it
Reply 7
Anonymous
how do you know how attractive you are?

i'm at a complete loss :frown: last night i went clubbing with my friends and i'm so confused

basically whenever a fit guy tried it on with me i lost total confidence because i assume i'm not good enough for them and just wander away. then when average looking guys started dancing with me, which i feel a lot happier with, my friends always dragged me away saying they weren't good enough :s-smilie:

what can i do?? i know the simple answer is to be more confident but how?????

also how do you judge your own attractiveness and what number would you give yourself out of 10?

you are a 3.1415, you can only date a guy who is 3.14 to 3.15, otherwise either they're too minging for you, or you'll not be good enough quality for them
Reply 8
Its impossible to tell how attractive you are.
Reply 9
just ask whats your mates think

in the mean time with the flow in clubs and stuff - if hot guys are trying it on with you then you are probably pretty :smile:

i guess people need to tell you you are attractive, i dont know...


hmmmmmm
Reply 10
iGurpreet
Its impossible to tell how attractive you are.


You know if you're ugly or not.

Everyone has a fair idea of how attractive they are.
Reply 11
Gancor
You know if you're ugly or not.

Everyone has a fair idea of how attractive they are.


Not necessarily: my reckoning is continually undermined by the fact that I'm practically a different ethnicity from just about every person I've encountered; so I end up being told that I'm 'ugly' by people that despise ginger-hair, and 'good-looking' by people that fetishise anything exotic. All I can safely conclude is that I'm probably not bad for a ginger person; but that doesn't really help in a situation where ginger hair is so stigmatised.

If I spent a few months in Ireland, I'd probably be able to form a more reliable impression.
Reply 12
Anonymous
one ways that jessica simpson 'boosted' her confidence is that apparently she stuck post-it notes on her mirror that said "you are beautiful" and something along those lines that one would expect to boost one's confidence. She concluded that by reading them everytime she glanced at the mirror/ her reflection she felt better and in a way that does work. my friend is a very(and lucky!) person as her mom constantly told her how beautiful and gorgeous she is EVERYDAY as far as i remember- im not to say she's the most stunning girl out there but she has definetely has the confidence. so coming back to the first point- one does not need someone to be telling them supportive words and boosting their confidence- one can do it oneself- jessica is an example :smile:


I thought this was the kinda post you didn't really need the anon for.. Good post though, regardless.
Reply 13
Profesh
Not necessarily: my reckoning is continually undermined by the fact that I'm practically a different ethnicity from just about every person I've encountered; so I end up being told that I'm 'ugly' by people that despise ginger-hair, and 'good-looking' by people that fetishise anything exotic. All I can safely conclude is that I'm probably not bad for a ginger person; but that doesn't really help in a situation where ginger hair is so stigmatised.

If I spent a few months in Ireland, I'd probably be able to form a more reliable impression.


Wow you really are the archetypical ginger person.

Just sayin'.

EDIT: Oh wait, no freckles.
Reply 14
Gancor
Wow you really are the archetypical ginger person.

Just sayin'.

EDIT: Oh wait, no freckles.


Well, quite. I'm not that washed-out Charles Kennedy hue, either, and I've dimples; so all-in-all I'd say that I'm relatively fortunate. But when so much (at least where nightclubs and dive-bars are concerned) hinges on the fact that your hair is literally red, everything else pales into insignificance.
If girls come up to and tell you that you're hot; you are. If they don't, you're not.
beauty is in the eye of the beholder. attractiveness is reletive. nobody can be generally attractive because there are people out there who won't find you attractive

There are people out there who could be considered 'attractive' but i'm just not attracted to them.
Rouge
you are a 3.1415, you can only date a guy who is 3.14 to 3.15, otherwise either they're too minging for you, or you'll not be good enough quality for them


π\pi! :biggrin: Seems I'm the only one in this thread who appreciated this... :rolleyes:
You can be the most good looking girl in the world.. However if you're not confident you are not attractive at all.

I'm an attractive guy because I'm such a pompous person.
Afro Samurai
You can be the most good looking girl in the world.. However if you're not confident you are not attractive at all.

I'm an attractive guy because I'm such a pompous person.

I really wish you weren't completely right. God damn it.