I have never been pretty, never been the most attractive person in the room, ... but I've often sensed that the prettier women did feel they were competing, and that they were eliminating me in the first round.
Yes, same here. (And once in a while, those women who eliminated me got a bit of a surprise.)
However, I don't think "never been the most attractive person in the room" quite fits, because there are other types of attractiveness. There are some people who are attracted only to conventionally good-looking people, no matter who else is around. But lots of people do feel the pull of other kinds of attractiveness: I think that self-esteem and self-confidence and genuine interest in and friendliness toward others are some of the factors that draw others to a person. I have often seen someone who was by no means that most conventionally attractive person be the center of attention in a room. (Heck, I've occasionally been that center of attention, and I'm sure you have, too.)
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Date: 2007-02-12 01:33 pm (UTC)Yes, same here. (And once in a while, those women who eliminated me got a bit of a surprise.)
However, I don't think "never been the most attractive person in the room" quite fits, because there are other types of attractiveness. There are some people who are attracted only to conventionally good-looking people, no matter who else is around. But lots of people do feel the pull of other kinds of attractiveness: I think that self-esteem and self-confidence and genuine interest in and friendliness toward others are some of the factors that draw others to a person. I have often seen someone who was by no means that most conventionally attractive person be the center of attention in a room. (Heck, I've occasionally been that center of attention, and I'm sure you have, too.)