Beautiful...

Beautiful- Definition as by The Merriam Webster Dictionary: characterized by beauty; lovely. I have to admit, many people tell me that I am in some way physically attractive, or appealing to the eyes. But they have phrased it in so many ways. Hot, sexy, pretty, cute, beautiful, attractive, gorgeous, etc. The list goes on and on. Frankly, some of these I find a bit degrading. I still accept it as a compliment, because that is how (I suppose) it was meant, but the words many people use are certainly not my preference.

For instance- hot/sexy. Both of these words sound like the person saying them is attracted to your body in a sexual manner. Which is not exactly what I want to hear. This is all my opinion of course, and I am certain that while some people don't mean it to have that particular message (though some certainly do), I would rather not be called this. It seems like guys are envisioning using me for something they can just as well use their hand for. Both mean sexually appealing to the eyes. Perhaps it is your boobs, perhaps your ass, but whatever the meaning is, it is not meant for just anyone. How many people nowadays, who have their sight altered by the misleading media, would call a 250-lb 5' 5" woman "sexy"??? I'm sure that there are some people out there, but not anyone I know. And, girls, don't you hate it when a guy is completely ignoring you, and having a conversation with your breasts or your cleavage, even though it is your mouth that is speaking???

Next, we have the pretty/cute. This is certainly less degrading that hot/sexy, but not quite up to par either. Normally, when we have a guy telling a girl that she is pretty/cute, he is saying that she might have potential to become either hot/sexy, gorgeous, or beautiful, but that she is at an innocent stage. We call babies cute, and 5-years cute or pretty. But basically, what this says to me is, if I looked at you, I would like the way you look, but my eyes wouldn't be drawn to you like magnets from across the room. Which, in my opinion is equivolent to an "eh..."

As for gorgeous- this is getting slightly better. There are two ways to take this kind of compliment. One is to say that a girl is hot/sexy in a more sophisticated way. The other, is to say she is almost beautiful, but not quite.

Stunning is the same as gorgeous in the almost beautiful, but not quite way also.

Beautiful- I've been called this by about 5 or 6 people- none of which I've believed, but only because of my low self-esteem crap. In any case- I like being called beautiful more than the others, because it can describe not only the outside, but the inside. You don't very often call somebody's sould sexy, or their mind hot, do you? In any case, beautiful just seems more respectful, and more awe-inspiring, and just more... encompassing. It's like- you're drawn to them because of their looks, but not in a sexual way- just because they look... amazing. I guess, it's like saying that they're ... radiant... for lack of a better term.

In any case- now you've heard my take on this subject, so write l8r!

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Julie