Great piece, I really liked this line, “Beauty has always been a currency, and it’s always had a mysterious aura of being bestowed by luck or the Gods.”
"The tragic part is that I don’t think it was irrational. I think it made perfect sense - we were all optimizing and positioning for the best chances of finding love..."
I'm curious about this. You've stopped most of what you were doing - do you think you're missing out on things you'd have gotten if you hadn't stopped? I hear that a lot of people use filters on the dating apps; do you happen to know what the penalty is for that when you show up at the date with a few blemishes you'd filtered out? Have you noticed anybody at work now treating you differently? Interesting and well-written article.
My wife is now 52 and we went to Turkey on holiday... while there she took advantage of cosmetic tourism... it was cheap... but It made her look so weird. She diddnt like it, and I couldnt care less.
This is really well-written and so valuable to read. Open and honest and relatable no matter who you are. Thank you.
Great piece, I really liked this line, “Beauty has always been a currency, and it’s always had a mysterious aura of being bestowed by luck or the Gods.”
"The tragic part is that I don’t think it was irrational. I think it made perfect sense - we were all optimizing and positioning for the best chances of finding love..."
I'm curious about this. You've stopped most of what you were doing - do you think you're missing out on things you'd have gotten if you hadn't stopped? I hear that a lot of people use filters on the dating apps; do you happen to know what the penalty is for that when you show up at the date with a few blemishes you'd filtered out? Have you noticed anybody at work now treating you differently? Interesting and well-written article.
Wow. Thats just brutal :! Great piece.
My wife is now 52 and we went to Turkey on holiday... while there she took advantage of cosmetic tourism... it was cheap... but It made her look so weird. She diddnt like it, and I couldnt care less.
Inner health creates outer beauty :)
Hopefully you can grow a garden :)