Do looks really matter?
For the record,I'm not a looker.I have no illusions about my physical appearance.I am what one would term,"average".On a bad hair day,with my permanent buck teeth,I look positively ghastly.
If you're wondering,this is not self-deprecation.I'm not looking for sympathy or consolation.These are the plain facts.And the fact that you feel the urge to console me on my looks,proves me right!Looks do matter.
All through my childhood,I've had to work twice as hard to get half the recognition a better looking person is lavished with.They don't deserve the attention!They were born with the looks,didn't have to work to look that good.But oh,the rewards!Always the recipient of unjustified rewards.
Do I sound jealous?It's because you also know I just made a profound statement,
Good looking people can get away with murder.
The unattractive ones,the ones who are actually fun,well-mannered and kind-hearted,get their feelings stomped on with an alarming frequency.
Hence,they adapt a very handy shield.The guys becomes the clowns,and the girls turn tomboys,as their claim to fame.
Evidently,this choice puts them permanently on the "friend zone".Yes,there is such a thing.The unluckier ones fall in "the best friend zone".Haven't you heard it often enough,"But we're just friends","You are my best friend in the whole world ,but I don't see you that way".
Ya right! Try repeating that with a straight face when your "best friend" is a Brad Pitt or an Angelina Jolie.Why,even homegrown Rahul Dravid or a Ranbir Kapoor with all the controversy surrounding him would never be "just a friend".Bloody hypocrites!
Having been there,watching your crush dismiss you like an annoying flea,or your love interest chasing after the pretty bitch(yes,the pretty ones always are!),I know what it feels like.
To joke away your own feelings,,to console the bastard that's breaking your heart and watch him feel better as you make self-deprecating jokes,part of your presence in his life.
Yeah,been there,done all that - wishing on shooting stars,fasting and praying,being the kindest and most sensitive soul within miles.All that gets registered though,is your being too available.
Finally,like the chick flicks everyone likes to scorn,the makeover.You feel a sense a shallowness wash over you as you succumb to it,and reality hit you as you discover the obvious - it works!
Of course,the made over look barely touches your attitude.If it does,Abracadabra!You are now a beautiful swan!
If not,you're always ,always,always going to be the world's best friend!
