how good do pretty people have it
Originally Posted by dyhppy,Dec 4 2007, 02:12 PM
my friends and I know a couple people who most people consider attractive. esp the asian girl factor with white guys. one girl in particular is dumb as a rock, makes horrible decisions in all areas but gets bailed out by rich guys who try to %#ck her. she gets job offers, taken to nice places, offers for entertainment tickets, etc. she just seems to have an invincible luck, where as other people who are good hearted, work hard, don't get anything or perhaps negative attention.
obviously, the world is not fair and that's just the way it is, but just wanted to hear your thoughts on the topic. i guess you can say that her looks will run out, but asian women have a pretty long shelf life. will she ever get her turn to suffer or is it just tough sh%$ for those who are not pretty?
obviously, the world is not fair and that's just the way it is, but just wanted to hear your thoughts on the topic. i guess you can say that her looks will run out, but asian women have a pretty long shelf life. will she ever get her turn to suffer or is it just tough sh%$ for those who are not pretty?
Those are the offers from guys who think that's the way into her pants.
It's funny this topic pops up because I was just seeing a girl who most guys consider stupidly gorgeous, but our personalities conflicted. She wanted everything handed to her [at work, at home, etc.] and for the most part, she got it. At work, she slacks off to no end and her managers' let her get away with the bare minimum of work. Most of the other employees that I know would've been suspended or fired for the way she acts sometimes.
On the other side, my ex-fiance [from years back] was a very beautiful girl. Never needed makeup and still looked gorgeous. Now she openly admitted to me that sometimes she used her looks to get away with stuff, but very rarely. A vast majority of the time she said it was a detriment to be considered "beautiful" because most people just looked at her like some sort of sex object, and she had to work twice as hard to be taken seriously. Not to mention the fact that she said most women [especially older] didn't like her, without any sort of reasoning. I've noticed a common trend among my younger girl friends that say other girls don't like them.
So I've seen both sides of the "pretty people have it easy" argument first hand. I think it's heavily dependent on the person's personality and how they handle it. A lot of them get spoiled I guess and start to rely on their looks for everything. And those are the people tend to get us frustrated i guess.
On the other side, my ex-fiance [from years back] was a very beautiful girl. Never needed makeup and still looked gorgeous. Now she openly admitted to me that sometimes she used her looks to get away with stuff, but very rarely. A vast majority of the time she said it was a detriment to be considered "beautiful" because most people just looked at her like some sort of sex object, and she had to work twice as hard to be taken seriously. Not to mention the fact that she said most women [especially older] didn't like her, without any sort of reasoning. I've noticed a common trend among my younger girl friends that say other girls don't like them.
So I've seen both sides of the "pretty people have it easy" argument first hand. I think it's heavily dependent on the person's personality and how they handle it. A lot of them get spoiled I guess and start to rely on their looks for everything. And those are the people tend to get us frustrated i guess.
Originally Posted by C_Unit,Dec 4 2007, 11:49 AM
i can pay all my bills and still have money to go out and buy myself dinner at a nice restaurant, but if some poor SOB is willing to foot the bill, then why not? 

She'll marry some slob and divorce him for 50%.
She'll likely be set for life. Why would you want her to "get hers" and suffer? It's not like you're competing for the same guys, are you... are you?!!
My wife is pretty. She had a LOT of suitors in college. I was successful dating her and was a "keeper" because I challenged her and was the first one who made her put in as much as she got out... I didn't just hand her things on a platter. I distinctly remember telling myself not to treat her like a "pretty" girl.
Britney Spears and Lindsey Lohan are lonely and emotionally troubled despite their recurrent opportunities and objectively successful careers. You couldn't pay me a million dollars to have their lives.
IMHO, dyhppy needs to stop worrying about the "good fortune" that others are having and start making his own fortune.
But I do think it's an interesting thread topic.
She'll likely be set for life. Why would you want her to "get hers" and suffer? It's not like you're competing for the same guys, are you... are you?!!
My wife is pretty. She had a LOT of suitors in college. I was successful dating her and was a "keeper" because I challenged her and was the first one who made her put in as much as she got out... I didn't just hand her things on a platter. I distinctly remember telling myself not to treat her like a "pretty" girl.
Britney Spears and Lindsey Lohan are lonely and emotionally troubled despite their recurrent opportunities and objectively successful careers. You couldn't pay me a million dollars to have their lives.
IMHO, dyhppy needs to stop worrying about the "good fortune" that others are having and start making his own fortune.
But I do think it's an interesting thread topic.
They're just inborne traits. Some people get by with their good looks. Some people get by with their ability to manipulate peeps into doing what they want. Some people get by with their ability to soak up knowledge at an extreme pace. Some people get by with their ability for people to immediately like them. They're all individual traits that makes people stand out.
Looks just happen to be the obvious one, and people hate for it. It's nothing to hate. Only when they know they're good looking and act as if they're better does it affect them. Don't forget though, that that would be a personality fault.
Looks just happen to be the obvious one, and people hate for it. It's nothing to hate. Only when they know they're good looking and act as if they're better does it affect them. Don't forget though, that that would be a personality fault.
Originally Posted by sparrow,Dec 5 2007, 06:45 AM
nicely said...most of the time the "pretty girl" gets the short end of the stick in the end...when you go to the club never talk to the hottest girl...99% chance its just trouble waiting to happen...
Talk to the hottest girl in the place. Listen intently, but be dismissive. Then, once you've had your 5 minutes. . . walk over to the chick that's giving you stink eye for talking to her and open with a slight like, "Sheesh, she just thinks she's all that. How are you doing?"
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