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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:05 pm
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This is an interesting situation that was once brought forth to me by a friend of mine. A similar thing had happened to him (and to a lesser degree, myself) as is described below, but I'd like to hear what people would do if in the situation themselves.
Alright, here it goes:
Concept
You have never been good looking. By almost any standard. You've always been overweight, and this has always altered your whole look. The extra weight always gave you worse skin, clothes didn't fit you well, and hair-cuts always looks disproportionate.
You have always been a fairly nice person, and intelligent. You have many friends of your preferred sex, but they're just friends. No one has really ever shown any romantic or sexual interest in you, inside or outside your circle of frineds.
Until now.
Dieting and exercise has led to your loss of weight. The loss of weight has fit you very well, leaving you with an extremely attractive face and body. Your clothes all fit well, and almost anything you wear is complementary to your figure. With a better looking face and body, you now pay more attention to your hair and skin, which are now clean and healthy.
For the first time in your life, you are being approached by people romantically. They're flirting with you, some directly, and some very subtley. Even people you've been friends with for years now seem to be somewhat attracted to you. You're no "God of Beauty" or anything, you just now appear to be noticably more attractive than most people around you.
Moral Dilemma
No one particularly noticed you before your "transformation". You now are getting people with both romantic and sexual interest in you, from both people you know and people you've never met.
In such a situation, would you embrace the newfound attraction of your peers? Or would you choose not to, because their interest has only now come forth since you became better looking? Should you enjoy the spoils of your new figure, and take your pick of suitors? Or would you be turned away by their shallow interests which previously ignored your personality and intelligence?
Notes-
Just to clear some things up:
- Again, no, you're not some God of Sex. You aren't some irrefusable pinnacle of human romanticism. You're just good looking. Maybe even as good looking as a movie-star, or a well known musician.
- The "friends" concept should be based around YOUR friends. The scenario isn't meant to be based around the idea that you have all fictional, all shallow pals. No one is perfect, and most people (even those who speak out against discrimination and preach relationships based around personality) will immediately show more interest in a good-looking person.
- No, I'm not trying to define beauty or any such nonsense. When I say you weren't good looking, I mean that the overwhelming majority of people would find you unnattractive. WHen I say you are now good looking, I mean that most people would be attracted to you.
Discuss: - Embrace the spoils of your hard work, or take a higher moral route? - Has anything like this happened with you, whether it be weight-loss, changing appearance, even wardrobe change?
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:59 pm
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Personally, I'd take the former: embracing the new attention. I say this because having a better appearance may lead to more confidence. Because of this new confidence, which could lead one to express their opinions with more gusto, it could lead to someone simply becoming a more interesting person. So in a way, it can be a development of character to take the former route. Still, if someone were to take it and choose to abandon all of those longtime friends for a crowd which only now accepts them, that would certainly be a degradation of character. Another issue would be if the confidence mentioned earlier became pretentiousness - thinking of themselves as a God(dess) of Beauty/Sex, to paraphrase you.
In a way, this has happened to me in recent times with some improvements to my diet, hygiene, and activity; more of my friends and peers find me attractive. Before, I was very shy and reserved; whatever personality and intelligence I had, I wasn't able to express. I haven't experienced the full effect of the example, though.
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