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Neoma

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3. I used to think pretty low of my appearance.
Fri Jun 7, 2013, 01:39 PM
Jun 2013

Then I got married and I didn't give a shit anymore because my husband isn't perfect either. This person is looking at microscopic things. You assume everyone can see all your black heads or hairs in the wrong places. It can make you crawl up the wall thinking that people notice your lazy eyelid or even the hair up your nose. I think women go through this more often than men because of all those stupid magazines with photoshopped/air-brushed women who don't have pores.

This isn't about his appearance in the long run, it's about the power and control of your life and the misdirection of how your appearance is what affects these things. Control over his charisma, power to make friends and influence people. The very strong need to be accepted by everyone. If you're isolated from others, this pops out even more dramatically because no one is reinforcing any idea that you look good...It's vanity flipped inside-out.

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