I'll have a dish of pretty, please.

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And yet these girls--these same girls that spend all that time--are the ones that are ogled at while they're walking down the sidewalk.

Lets just assume we are both thinking of the same types of girls--I don't really find them particularly attractive. I've always been one of those guys that doesn't really 'window shop' the way others do. Yeah, okay, I see them, but my toungle doesn't drop out of my mouth and my eyes don't.fixate and track them across my vision. When I look, I look discretely. Somewhat ironic seeing as I'm the type of personality that prefers to stand back and watch people.

So what do I find attractive? Beauty really is skin deep. At least, that kind of beauty. I'm really more interested in getting to know you than what your dimensions are. There's a level of interaction that transcends just the pure physical that gives me so much more pleasure.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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I use to be ONE of those girls a few years ago, but it was peer pressure more than anything of trying to get that ideal look--whatever the hell that was. Now days I look back and think of the hours I wasted when I could have been doing something way more useful then fixing my hair all nice and perfect

But did you really know any better? Appreciating what is beneath the surface comes from wisdom of experience. Its rare that any should mature that fast.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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katiblue - Guys go through some of the same physical standard as girls. I'm sure many of you have seen pictures of me. I am not the definitely of a male model. I definitely do not possess an athlete's or model's body. Its why so many guys drink protein shakes and work out like crazy. There was a point in time when I would work out all the time for that reason but to be honest, it didnt make me feel better.

It wasnt until I started getting used to my body that I felt good about how I looked.

I think that's a point that everyone has to work towards: personal acceptance. It goes for more than just physical appearance, but personality as well. You have to grow to come to accept the certain things that you cannot (reasonably) change about yourself.

On a side note, I went from looking like a punk little kid in seventh grade, to looking like an ugly troll in my sophomore year. I don't know when I finally found my 'style'--if that's what you want to call it--but now I've had girls tell me I'm a bit metrosexual.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.