What do you not like about yourself?

Lon said:
I am now and always have been pretty content with who and what I am. I am not saying that there couldn't be improvement, just that I am content with me the way I am.
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That's what I would have liked to have been Lon...just happy in my own skin..( not necessarily outer skin but inner too) if I could have lived my life being content with everything , that would have been fine by me..but for various reasons I never could.
 

hollydolly said:
Loratta Young was before my time, I've just looked at the video, and yes I agree she was attractive, lovely cheekbones.. but a classic beauty?.. no, mouth too wide, Hooked Nose.. not a beauty IMO...Now you Glinda are a natural beauty, that's My opinion, so you are better just looking like Glinda.. :D
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Whoa! Holly, you're wrong but I'm not going to argue with you! Thanks a million! :D
BTW, it's a mystery to me what you would find wrong with your own looks. If there's such a thing as a Scottish Rose (equivalent of English Rose?), you are it, Holly.
 

Well, I have to confess, I have rather big feet. Not huge, but not exactly dainty little Cinderella toes. What a relief, the secret is out.
 
My personality. I've always been the Ed McMahon type. At gatherings I have always been the one to laugh at jokes or just be the listener. Kind of like Ed with Johnny. I chime in, but never have been a good story teller or leader in a conversation.
 
oakapple said:
One thing about being older..... You don't agonise about how you look all the time.:D I would like to be patient as others have said, I am someone who can't wait even a minute!Also taller, so I could see over fences( have always envied tall people that ability.)
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I disagree about not agonizing about how you look as you get older. Although I am content with who and what I am, I am still vain and make every attempt to always look good and well groomed using what I have to the best of my ability.
 
You're not alone Cookie, I have big feet too, don't really bother me as long as they're healthy and pain free. I don't like that I can't watch a sad movie, commercial, etc. without getting a bit teary eyed, feeling great empathy for the people or animals involved. I don't hate that part of my personality, but I don't like that I don't have better control over it. I was like that as a young child too, would also get that way if I feel really happy for someone, etc. I used to watch Queen for a Day with my mother before I started school, she was fine and I was red eyed. :rolleyes:
 
I am mushy too SeaBreeze. Used to hate it until I counseled so many who were disconnected from their emotions. Now I have a different perspective, I am grateful to have The ability to experience a rich variety of feelings. It is a sign of emotional well being .:)
 
ok to wine and fudge, make that 2 of each and all will be forgiven. and no more mocking, promise? Other teeny weeny imperfection is little scar on baby finger. God, why me? :(
 
"No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch in its symmetry. All admit irregularity as they imply change; and to banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality. All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may be Effort, and the law of human judgment, Mercy.”
― John Ruskin
 
I cry too, SB, at happy things and sad things. I agree that its a fine human quality showing compassion for others and oneself. My feet are good and healthy too without the pain or disfigurement that happens to so many women and they get me to where I want to go.
 
I wish I were more extroverted, not always the nose in books, laptop, TV, or stewing over the past.
Why can't I be more outgoing, laughing, dancing, singing, joining clubs, taking courses, going to plays, lectures, and musicals? :ambivalence:
 
I have never understood why being stoic/outwardly emotionally frozen/unavailable are often viewed as desirable characteristics. Assuming one wishes to connect with others, how is being emotionally inarticulate helpful? For whatever time I have left, I choose to spend it with the warm and fuzzy people. In the end, only kindness matters. SB, you and Cookie are portable hugs. Namaste.:love_heart:
 
Josiah said:
I'm very disappointed that my sexual workings no longer work very well. For so many years that aspect of me was such a consistent source of enjoyment. I really miss it.
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Sure, but think of the other things that are even more enjoyable like....uh.....well, there's.....uh....never mind.
 
Susie said:
I wish I were more extroverted, not always the nose in books, laptop, TV, or stewing over the past.
Why can't I be more outgoing, laughing, dancing, singing, joining clubs, taking courses, going to plays, lectures, and musicals? :ambivalence:
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It is really astonishing to me how many threads I've read in which members have forthrightly described themselves as introverts. I haven't really kept track but I'm sure it must constitute a significant majority of the members. In an earlier thread in which we all revealed our disappointments, I listed being too much of an introvert.
 
Shalimar said:
I have never understood why being stoic/outwardly emotionally frozen/unavailable are often viewed as desirable characteristics. Assuming one wishes to connect with others, how is being emotionally inarticulate helpful? For whatever time I have left, I choose to spend it with the warm and fuzzy people. In the end, only kindness matters. SB, you and Cookie are portable hugs. Namaste.:love_heart:
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Thank you Shalimar. You are very very right.

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