Do you think Beauty can be a curse sometimes?

Question

Do you think Beauty can be a curse sometimes?

Answer 1

Yes, because oftentimes when a person is considered beautiful they are never sure who their real friends are or if people are just attracted to him or her due to their looks.  Also, sometimes because of their looks people assume they are not intelligent...which is totally unfair.

but on the OTHER hand...

Also, if a person has spent their lives "getting by on their looks" as it were INSTEAD of developing their character...they oftentimes get very delusional about it, and when they age and they lose their looks, they often have a difficult time reconciling themselves to it...or they stay delusional about it and end up setting themselves up for those who would take advantage of them.  My boyfriend's mother is like that...she was a knockout in her youth, the prom queen and all that...but now she's nearly 70, and despite the fact that she's gotten fat, lumpy, dumpy and she's decidely lost her looks, this woman STILL thinks she's Miss Sweet 16...and she parades around just like "The Emporor's New Clothes."  Yes, she's still as vain as ever, and her tendency to play the flirty coquette all the time just drives everyone in her family and small circle of friends crazy!  She couldn't have a serious conversation if her life depended on it...and of course, she spins everything to suit her limited worldview versus what the reality is.

Even worse? She still tries to chase men considerably younger than herself and she doesn't understand why they don't want her...well, hello? And even if she gets and eventually loses the man, of course, it's ALWAYS the man's fault...never hers! and guess who gets to have to put up with all the IMs and plaintive emails she writes like some boy crazy 14 year old?  Yeah, you guessed it... HUMPH!  So in her case, I say "beauty" was definitely a curse!

Answer 2

Yes.  Sometimes it can be a curse because it adds to your intimidation factor with both men and women.  But if you have a good personality, then people get over that real quick.

It can also make some people prejudge you if you're very pretty.  For instance, if you work in a labor job with men: they will prejudge you at first as someone who isn't going to work, and expect them to do everything for you.  But when they SEE you busting your butt harder than they do, and holding your own, their position quickly changes, and you gain their respect.

Beauty is only a curse if your personality is ugly.

Answer 3

Yes. Too many guys tagging along going after ONLY the beautiful so you already know they are superficial.

A guy went after me, even though another woman he knew liked him. She was better suited to him. He knew she liked him. He only went after me because I was more attractive. Solely because of the looks factor I had to deal with this shallow jerk.

So yes, there are times it can be a curse.

Answer 4

If the beauty is a facade covering a vile personality...then it is a curse to those who fall prey to the lure.  

As far as being cursed by ones own beauty...it is a curse if it is ones only asset.

Saying beauty is a curse is just another cop out....its saying that a person has been oppressed by their beauty and they are not accountable for their failures.

Answer 5

yes!

beauty inside means you have a harder time getting people to give you a chance. you can be U-G-L-Y and still be the most BEAutiful person in the world.

outer beauty is also a curse... you become a guys sexual toy and they don't always take time to see the real you!

Answer 6

Yes, if a person gets so immersed in their looks that they rely on that, alone, to achieve personal goals.

I once worked with a woman who had apparently been nice looking when she was young.  Obviously, she did not see the ravages of time when she looked in the mirror, and acted like she was some beauty queen.  She spoke as though she were still 18, no intellectual or emotional maturity had ever permeated her facade.

Quite pathetic.

Answer 7

Absolutely.  There are many, many jobs a woman will find hard-pressed to even be considered for because she's just "too beautiful."

Answer 8

That's just something ugly girls tell themselves to feel better.

Like when the poor say "Money isn't everything".

Answer 9

Only if you let it, notice it. Yes it can be a trouble, girls can not like you just because you're prettier or you feel like you need to hide it or you flaunt it.

But my question is, why? Beauty should come from within and shine out, the most stunning model an be shallow and vapid, while a normal simple woman who offers love & her vulnerability can shine like a star.

You'll know a beautiful woman when you see her, she touches you and you feel peaceful, at ease, not like there's too much going on and things won't be alright, no, laughter and it will be alright.

Answer 10

It can be if you let it get to you.

There will always be haters. People will hate you even if you're a beautiful woman who acts like mother theresa. I don't agree that a nice and pretty person will cause people to act nice to you. There are some people that just can't stand someone else being pretty,  and they won't be able to stand the fact that someone is PRETTY, NICE AND SMART altogether.  Guys might get mad that they can't have you.

Just don't let it get to you.

Answer 11

Only when you're beautiful and all of a sudden you lose it.