Formerly Beautiful

Scanlas The 2nd

As the title suggests, are you formerly beautiful? If so, how has losing your looks affected you and changed your life. Do people treat you differently? Perhaps Father time took your looks, perhaps you were disfigured in an industrial accident. Did you accept the loss of looks or try to fight it?

( hoping this will make the ugs in the ugly thread feel better)

Rothko

I never had any looks to lose

admiralofthefleet

smokes have left me with a gob like a burnt fence but im correcting at the moment

minidazzler

To be honest, I'm getting better looking as time goes on, but then again I'm more aware of where the fat is on my body and I work to get rid of it. I have pretty decent genes, so I shouldn't look "old" until I am near 70 and I am very self-conscious while being extremely vain so I don't let myself get ugly. So yeah, I'm still improving.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Kind of. I was beautiful until the age of abotu 11. Since then I've been ugly. How has it effected me? Hey, I knw what I am and to hell with it.


Women seem to like the honesty. Men are more judgemental. Kids and small animals, not bothered one way or the other

Chips Ahoy

minidazzler wrote: »

To be honest, I'm getting better looking as time goes on, but then again I'm more aware of where the fat is on my body and I work to get rid of it.I have pretty decent genes, so I shouldn't look "old" until I am near 70 and I am very self-conscious while being extremely vain so I don't let myself get ugly. So yeah, I'm still improving.

Levis or Wrangler

Nah, I'm a ride

efb

I was no beauty, but I was beautiful that day...

LH Pathe

Ex-attraction.

"Men only get better lookin" so here's to the good life.

Richard Hillman

I went from very good looking to average. Im just another face in the crowd now a days. It takes a lot to get used to and i have a **** personality so i have nothing to fall back on. Now all i have are my notches in the bed post that have gotten better looking with age. Back in the day i was the good looking one in the relationship. Now some of them are out of my league

LETHAL LADY

I am the artist formerly known as Beautiful.jpg

Scanlas The 2nd

LH Pathe wrote: »

Ex-attraction.

"Men only get better lookin" so here's to the good life.

Tell that to The boyfriend of Sabrina the teenage witch.

flutterflye

My body goes to **** every time I get pregnant, and it takes over a year to get it back again.
It's really hard and frustrating.
Other than that, I look the same as I did 10+ years ago.
Age hasn't gotten me yet.

Kylo Ren

flutterflye wrote: »

My body goes to **** every time I get pregnant, and it takes over a year to get it back again.
It's really hard and frustrating.
Other than that, I look the same as I did 10+ years ago.
Age hasn't gotten me yet.

Stop getting preggers so.

flutterflye

Deleted User wrote: »

Nah, I'm a ride

You are and all!
Glad you know it - most attractive women can't admit they are attractive.
Maybe that's just an Irish thing. I don't know.

flutterflye

Keno 92 wrote: »

Stop getting preggers so.

So logical.
So simple.
I think you're onto something.

flutterflye

flutterflye wrote: »

You are and all!
Glad you know it - most attractive women can't admit they are attractive.
Maybe that's just an Irish thing. I don't know.

My love for myself increases with alcohol.
I'm really quite unridish

minidazzler

Deleted User wrote: »

Nah, I'm a ride

Deleted User wrote: »

My love for myself increases with alcohol.
I'm really quite unridish

I agree with the first thing you said...*fap fap fap*

Beside, as I've said before and I'll say it again, you have the happiest name on boards.

Chips Ahoy wrote: »

Levis or Wrangler

Um Jeans != Genes....but you do have a great username if it comes from where I think it does.

The King of Moo

I've looked the same since I was about 12; ie like a 12-year old.

Wereghost

Suas11 wrote: »

I never had any looks to lose

Ditto. Am probably edging towards the norm as I age, or rather the norm is getting closer to my level.

Ficheall

What's with all the ugly/pretty threads this evening? It's like EdenHazard on drugs.

Giselle

LH Pathe wrote: »

Ex-attraction.

"Men only get better lookin" so here's to the good life.

In my experience its a myth perpetrated by middle aged men hoping to pull a younger woman, and accepted by younger men who desperately hope its true.

For every one George Clooney there's 50 Rowan Atkinsons.

Sorry.

Pottler

I've aged well and most think I'm way younger than I am, despite smoking 40 a day and drinking like a fish - down to the genes I think, auld lad died old with a full head of hair and looked like Elvis(shared a birthday too) in his prime. I've a sister who came 2nd in Miss Universe so the blood is good(not good enough to come 1st though:D)- other sister is 40 and still has men drooling wherever she goes to the point of it being funny(whenever we need to go to hospital we drag her along as the Doctors all fall over her and we get great service). Looks are handy and tend to be all people judge you on short term. Losing them, well thats why God invented Gyms and beauticians..

Vicar in a tutu

I'm like a fine wine :pac::pac::pac:

Princess Peach

I used to be beautiful till I got really fat.

I'll start fighting it tomorrow, gotta finish this pizza first.

af_thefragile

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/funny-pictures-cat-is-glamorous.jpg

PrincessLola

LH Pathe wrote: »

Ex-attraction.

"Men only get better lookin" so here's to the good life.

Yep, that's why most women prefer old men in their 70s over Zac Efron and Taylor Lautner- OH WAIT,



NO THEY DON'T! HAHAHA

tan11ie

LH Pathe wrote: »

Ex-attraction.

"Men only get better lookin" so here's to the good life.

Not in Ireland .....:p:D

tan11ie

PrincessLola wrote: »

Yep, that's why most women prefer old men in their 70s over Zac Efron and Taylor Lautner- OH WAIT NO THEY DON'T HAHAHA

Mmmmm Zac Efron

PrincessLola

tan11ie wrote: »

Mmmmm Zac Efron

Yup. He's quite the little slice.

LH Pathe

You were beautiful, no matter what they said

Doc Ruby

Giselle wrote: »

In my experience its a myth perpetrated by middle aged men hoping to pull a younger woman, and accepted by younger men who desperately hope its true.

For every one George Clooney there's 50 Rowan Atkinsons.

Sorry.

Mr Bean is HUGE in South East Asia, still daily viewing for many people. If there's anyone that has actually done the Japanese triplets thing, its him.

Wibbs

True Rowan Atkinson is an odd one. Hardly conventionally good looking when he was young, but pulled some serious beauties even before he was as well known and rich as he is.

I'd agree that the notion that men age better is kinda odd. Like bald men name checking Sean Connery, Patrick Stewart, or Bruce Willis. Yea right lads. Those blokes with or without hair, from 9 to 90 or 9 hours dead would have women(and gay chappies) crawling over broken glass to get to them. Not quite the same as Liam from accounts, with no hair, a beer gut and baggy eyes at 30.

I would agree that men have the advantage that age can improve them and that signs of age are less of an issue for them. That's harder for women. There are very few gorgeous women at 25 that look better at 45, whereas G Clooney was a very good looking man at 25 he would be considered better looking in his 50's.

Still as Giselle said for every one George...

stovelid

Middle age has ravaged my looks somewhat. I'm usually considered to be merely handsome these days.

Doc Ruby

Wibbs wrote: »

There are very few gorgeous women at 25 that look better at 45, whereas G Clooney was a very good looking man at 25 he would be considered better looking in his 50's.

I think regardless of gender if someone has really looked after themselves they are attractive at almost any age. I'd be more attracted to a 40 or 50 year old woman with great muscle tone (indicating discipline, self respect and willpower at a minimum) than to a teenage hottie whose greatest physical achievement was being born. Hell this is a 77 year old I'd have no difficulty with.

You can't do a whole lot with your face over time, but there's no reason for the rest of your body to become unattractive. It just gets more difficult to maintain the standard over time.

4zn76tysfajdxp

I used to be really cute it's all gone downhill since I was about four.

Malachi Worried Scandal

Malachi Worried Scandal wrote: »

I used to be really cute it's all gone downhill since I was about four.

Yeh I've put on so much weight since I was born

Sea Filly

A beautiful person inevitably losing their looks means they'll just one day know what it's always been like for the non-beautiful people. So, it'll be an adjustment for them but it certainly won't be the end of the world. And if said beautiful person has a full life, and doesn't put too much value on their looks (difficult to do, I'm sure, when your looks have celebrated all your life) then that will make it easier again.

Sea Filly

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Tell that to The boyfriend of Sabrina the teenage witch.

In fairness, pretty boys never get better with age. It's always the men who weren't that great when they were younger who improve with time.

Sea Filly

Wibbs wrote: »

True Rowan Atkinson is an odd one. Hardly conventionally good looking when he was young, but pulled some serious beauties even before he was as well known and rich as he is.

Ooh really, who? Celeb goss is my guilty pleasure.

Wereghost

Sea Filly wrote: »

In fairness, pretty boys never get better with age. It's always the men who weren't that great when they were younger who improve with time.

This is good to hear.

Sea Filly

Scrawny71 wrote: »

This is good to hear.

Case in point: Leonardo Di Caprio.

CL7

Sea Filly wrote: »

In fairness, pretty boys never get better with age. I

What?

Richard Gere, Robert Downey Jr, Tom Cruise. I'm sure there's thousands more but I don't feel like looking at pictures of good looking men all day.

Balmed Out

I used always get served immediately at the bar if there was a female barmaid but now I have to wait like everybody else:(

Sea Filly

CL7 wrote: »

What?

Richard Gere, Robert Downey Jr, Tom Cruise.

I wouldn't class them as pretty boys. They were handsome when they were younger. Pretty boy is a class all of its own.

CL7 wrote: »

I'm sure there's thousands more but I don't feel like looking at pictures of good looking men all day.

Suuuuurrrrre you don't. :P

Dudess

Nah I don't agree being really good-looking when you're very young means you'll deteriorate more noticeably as you age - could mean you'll just get more ravishing. But yes, the former can happen - and it must suck.

I'd definitely prefer Leo Di Caprio now though to when he was in Titanic! He actually looks like a man rather than a young boy as he did then, despite being in his 20s.

Sea Filly

Dudess wrote: »

I'd definitely prefer Leo Di Caprio now though to when he was in Titanic! He actually looks like a man rather than a young boy as he did then, despite being in his 20s.

He looks really bloated, IMO.

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flutterflye wrote: »

My body goes to **** every time I get pregnant, and it takes over a year to get it back again.
It's really hard and frustrating.
Other than that, I look the same as I did 10+ years ago.
Age hasn't gotten me yet.

I kinda think I fall into this bracket too!

Table Top Joe

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Hell this is a 77 year old I'd have no difficulty with.

Holy shi*t!......thats some going(but then as the fella says "black dont crack",look at Obama or Will Smith to just name two off the top of my head,the black folk age remarkably well in fairness.......presuming they were good looking to begin with of course)


I agree with the rest of your post,looking after yourself is essential from about your late 20s on i think,your body cant do it as effortlessly anymore
I was only discussing this with a mate recently,how hard it must be to go from being a beautiful or good looking woman to just....average after the years pile up,not nearly as bad for men i reckon,men can get away with a lot more(dont blame me!)smoking is big part of people losing their looks,i always shake my head when i see a hottie smoking,shes gonna regret that down the line,Irish diet is a disaster too of course

"The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer" Joan Collins

On the plus side for myself i finally grew out of my baby face over the last couple of years(yeaah!).......but my hair is now slowly(but surely:()receding......ffs,cant win

af_thefragile

^Obama looks really old since he became the president...


Also was it Marilyn Monroe who said no matter how hard you try gravity will eventually pull you down...

Pantsface

Sea Filly wrote: »

Case in point: Leonardo Di Caprio.

Oi! Leo is still a massive big ride