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Does Anyone Else Think Their Skids are Kind of Ugly?

TwoOfUs's picture

I know thi is petty - but DH recently posted a picture of YSD and it made my stomach turn....and I realized...she's gross.  

Her face is kind of scrunched up and she's doing that douchebag lip thing (not Duck Face...but similar. I don't know how to describe it...it's kind of like if you made a very slight Duck Face and then thought to yourself: "Yeah. I'm the shit." while cocking your head to the side and raising your chin. Sometimes accompanied by peace fingers. Anyway...I hate that look so much.) 

So I just don't think she's remotely attractive. And neither is OSD or SS. They're all mildly repugnant to me...which is weird, because they all look quite a bit like DH, and I think he's incredibly handsome. But they don't have any of his personality or charm at all. They're all just like their mother (judgemental, defensive, kinda dumb and scatterbrained) and I guess they have enough of her looks to negate my DH's looks. 

Does anyone else find their skids completely unattractive bordering on repulsive even though you find your SO attractive and charming? Why can't I like these kids who are half DH??!!??!!

 

**Here's a good example of Douchebag Face. My YSD does this all the time in pictures and it's definitely stomach-churning:

https://www.google.com/search?q=douchebag+face&tbm=isch&tbs=rimg:CSX-n4P...

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tog redux's picture

Yes - my SS19 looks just like BM.  If he didn't have the same genetic illness that DH has, I'd doubt paternity.  He's 8 inches taller than DH and again, looks exactly like BM. I've always found him a bit repulsive, even though, honestly, we get along fine and he's not at all disrespectful to me.

TwoOfUs's picture

That's the weird thing. In person, I get along fine with my skids. They're even amusing sometimes. 

But when I see pictures of them it's like I'm seeing their gross personalities frozen in time and it just makes me want to puke. 

OSD is a bundle of anxieties and has weird, thin hair that she dyes goth black...you can see her skull through it it's so thin. SS has a weird, gross mouth and is just...yuck. And YSD does the d-bag face thing and dresses like a pile of dirty laundry. 

DH will post pictures and get all goopy and sappy about how gorgeous they all are...and I'm just not seeing it...

tog redux's picture

Yeah, some of it is that SS is such a liar and manipulator (like BM), but some is just his face, I have to look away at times, lol.

DH says SS is a Big Oaf (6'2" and 250 or more), so not all parents are blinded by love.

hereiam's picture

My SD27 is not ugly, she just has NO personality. None. At all.

She is lucky that she doesn't look like BM. Her older brother does (not DH's kid) and oh, man, is he ugly.

advice.only2's picture

Lol I love that you googled douche bag face!!! Hysterical!

I also totally get where you are coming from. I have been told by people that SD is stunning, and gorgeous, and should be a model.

Personally when I look at her I don't see any of that, but that's also because I know her personally and once you get to know her it sours the whole picture.

TwoOfUs's picture

Did you post the senior pictures at the Laundromat? 

If so...I think your SD wears a ton of makeup but is incredibly average in every way. Sorry...not sorry...

Anyone can look decent with a metric ton of goop on their face. Her features are fairly plain and not likely to age well, IMO. 

advice.only2's picture

No not my skid, that's another poster. My skid graduated awhile ago, she is 21 now.

TwoOfUs's picture

Ah, OK. 

I just remember another poster doing an Imgur album of her skid's senior photos and a lot of people saying the kid looked like a model. I thought that poster's older SD was very pretty...but wasn't seeing it at all with the younger one. 

thiscantbenormal's picture

I don't think their outward appearance is ugly but SS13 personality certainly is. He definitely looks like he has a chromosomal disorder though. Since the kids won't be coming back I won't get to hear how the genetic testing he was supposed to be getting turned out. He does do this smug look on his face that I can't stand.

Twin SDs are cute but look sickly. I have seen other twins of same age that look more mature and have a brighter appearance.

TwoOfUs's picture

Yes - smug and super self-satisfied. 

That's how I'd describe all of my skids (along with judgemental and superior to others...they get that from BM entirely. DH is far too trusting, open, and excited about people). They do these smug looks on their faces that make me want to punch their smug little mouths in.  

Chmmy's picture

YSS10. So. Not. Cute. Acts like hes so cute and because hes the baby everyone was...hes so cute & funny. Maybe when he was 2. Not cute amymore just obnoxious. Most people dont like him besides daddeeee and nana

SD16 is very average and pretty chunky but the money she spends on beauty products is ridiculous and the bikini should be traded in for something that covers her properly esp on facebook.

SD19 is way overweight/obese but she is kind & beautiful on the inside. Her slightly chunky sister calls her a fat ass if SD19 doesnt follow SD16s every command. SD19 has very low self esteem & it's a shame cuz she is funny & likable.

SS12 is actually cute. He has adhd and hes impulsive & obnoxious and quite awkward. Takes away from the cuteness.

Can you tell im not happy with the skids right now?

TwoOfUs's picture

lol. 

I'd lose it with 4. 

I agree on the clothing issue. YSD isn't fat but she's gotten huge (tall) and weirdly-shaped...yet she insists on wearing crop tops and mom jeans (um...I mean "high-waisted" jeans) that make her a** look like it's a mile long. So unattractive. But it's "in" right now...so there you go. 

Also, her hair always looks greasy and gross. 

iamlosingit's picture

SS11 is the SAME.  Acts like he's just the cutest thing ever and still uses baby-talk.  Doesn't help that he fully resembles DH facial-wise but due to genetics from BM has dark skin, eyes, and hair.  It's so irritating that he is obviously a product of BM/DH, the constant reminder of what they had that will never.go.away. and represents everything I can't have.  SS also runs the house at BM, they are very subservient to men in their culture and when DH moved out SS "took his place".  He is going to be trouble in his teens with that kind of freedom.  Makes me sick. 

Booboobear's picture

Well my DH is bull legged and my skids mom is knock-kneed, so the ss's got the bull legs and the sd's got the knock-knees.  I get reminded of BM whenever I see my SDs in a dress.  opposites attract i guess haha!  my legs are straight btw

notsobradybunch's picture

SD18 looks A LOT like BM which isn't saying much. Even if she was attractive I think I would be pretty comfortable admitting she was pretty. There's so much history with SD at this point I really can't find anything good to say about her, even her looks. 

She's "Okay". Thats about it.

Myss.Tique D'Off's picture

This is a tale of two children... They may be brother and sister but they are nothing alike.

SS18 is a good looking boy - definitely favours father's side of the family. What makes him more engaging is his personality and manners. He is an all round good kid (now!).

Ex-SD (22) ... When she was around 17 /18, I would say she was a pretty girl. Not beautiful, not attractive, but pretty in a country girl wholesome kind of way. That is how she LOOKED. Personality is a whole different story. 
Now?? OMG!! 
She looks like something my cat won't drag in... She looks terrible!! This can be put down to her smoking, heavy drinking, drug use... She is badly overweight and her face is puffy. Her facial skin is terrible and her shoulder length beetroot red hair looks fried, dirty and dry.  She is very unkept. 
Every time I see/saw her, I had an inclination to throw her in a bath and scrub her - even though I know not to touch her without double gloves and a bottle of anti-septic!   She is gross looking and turns my stomach... What is even worse, she has a vile personality to match her looks. This girl is the most incorrigible delinquent  I have had the misfortune to encounter. She is 22 - she looks about 35 - all hagard and worn out. 

In general, I  don't particularly pay attention to what people look like, as I don't deem physical appearance important,  but SD has recreated her own looks to match her disgusting personality. The outside matches the inside now - and both are grossly terrible.

TwoOfUs's picture

lol.

I HOPE people don't look haggard and worn out at 35!! I just turned 39 and still look pretty good I think! 

I agree about the looks thing. In general, I don't pay attention, either (I mean, everyone notices when someone is stunning...we can't help it. But for the vast majority of people in the more normal range...I just think most people I meet at least have something attractive or charming about them...something interesting about their face. I know very few people who I would consider 'ugly' -- and sometimes even people who are objectively ugly have a charisma that makes their face interesting...like that Danny Trejo actor.) 

All of this is why I felt surprised when I had such a strong, revolting a physical reaction to the YSD picture that DH posted today. I guess what got me thinking about YSD is the fact that I used to think she was super cute when she was a kid...and now she repulses me in her photos at least. Maybe it's less her looks and more the attitude that comes across in the pictures. 

I thought they all were cute at one point. As they've gotten older...they're falling into that millennial (or whatever the next generation is) thing of putting these ridiculous photos everywhere on social...when someone is screaming "Look at me!! Look at me!!! Aren't I so cool and cute and 'like'-able??!! Aren't I so sexy??!!" my natural response is to find it gross and off-putting. 

Anyway. like your SD, my YSD does crazy things with her hair (and she doesn't have good, healthy hair to begin with) so now it always looks greasy, stringy...but somehow dry and fried at the same time. Guh-ross. 

Myss.Tique D'Off's picture

LOL!!! Well if age is an indication of haggardness then I am in trouble - I am 40. Nope, to be 22 and look 35 is the issue here. She looks way older than  what she is. She even looks older than me! (I am often mistaken for being much younger than I actually am, much to my annoyance!  Someone recently asked me if I had been a teenaged mother... I was 27 when my son was born and she needs a bloody eye test. Cheeky sod.)

Totally agree with you that personality / charisma can override objective looks. I know many people who are attractive because of their personality and the pleasant way they interact with people  - it really doesn't have much to do with what they look like. In my old age, non haggard 40 years on this planet, I have only ever seen one person I considered ugly... And this person was a full blown alcoholic with a deeply lined face, missing teeth, skeletal build. Horrible  to look at.., Never seen anyone I actually considered ugly looking  since.   I can still remember her face because she was effing strikingly UGLY.

As to the stupid duckface thing, yeah, exSD does it too... She has pink or red hair and it looks horrible. Aarrrgghh. Everything that she does is gross. She is gross and disgusting. Nuff said!

TwoOfUs's picture

We're twins! 

Yeah...YSD went through a horrible pink/red hair phase, too. 

Now she's back to blonde, thank goodness. Her hair is kind of thin and stringy like OSDs (who also colors hers...totally black). They are both blondes and look decent when they just let their hair be. I'm a natural brunette and have very, very thick, shiny hair. I think YSD was trying to look like me...because she went through a brunette phase, too. But her hair couldn't handle the extra weight...the color weighed it down so much it just looked damp and limp all the time. 

Huge mistake. 

She also has bad skin. Not acne at all...just uneven looking and flushed...not sure what that is. 

Monkeysee's picture

I think my SS’s are adorable, I see a lot of DH in them both & I love their personalities (most of the time lol)

DH’s daughter.. I used to think she was very pretty, but ever since her & her mother’s little stunt for money & seeing how much she hurt DH, I don’t find her attractive in the slightest. She could be a model or have everyone fawning over her & I would still find her ugly. 

Dads_Wife's picture

Unforunately for my FSD, she has her mother's body. She has a decently cute face, but she is so straight and has no knee or ankle - its just like straight trunk and not very big hipped so it looks kind of funny. At 13, she is already larger than me in the lower region, which isn't saying much because I'm shaped like a 12 year old boy (I wear a 25) but at least she has a cute face. Them tree trunks tho, they are only going to get worse smh

TwoOfUs's picture

Seeing a lot about skids with no muscle tone. 

My skids are like this, too...and have been for a long time. Both SDs especially. Is it because they're lazy and get no exercise? 

OSD and YSD both had spaghetti noodle legs all through school. No ankle or knee definition...no calf definition. They were skinny...but their legs looked puffy and swollen somehow, despite being so thin. Very poor definition all over but especially the legs and arms. 

Now that they're older and thickening up a bit...it's even worse. Still no definition...but they can't cover for it with the extreme thinness anymore. YSD especially is starting to become a pant-load. 

Dads_Wife's picture

FDH said he has always known she was going to have her mother's body type. She waddles like her mother. She looks like her mother. The only thing she really got from FDH is his amazing skin tone and the shape of his eyes - everything else is her mother. Its funny because over time some days I see more FDH in her face and some days I see more BM, but I NEVER see FDH body type. I feel so bad for her because noodle legs is not what I would use to describe hers. She has literal trunks. Like the size of your thigh ALL the way down. Just like a tree trunk. I think that's why they waddle so bad? I'm not sure but its not cute at all

TwoOfUs's picture

Well my SDs are moving from noodles to trunks, unfortunately. 

They have that thing where their legs kind of look like triangles. They do narrow some as they go down from the thigh toward the ankle (but not much) but there's no out and in and out and back in again around the knees, calves, and ankles...lilke you get if you have good musculature. Just a slight diagonal line from waist to ankle...

Jcksjj's picture

Lol...when I first met my SD I thought she was really homely. Huge head and wide flat face. Weird sickly grayish skin tone and buscemi eyes. Looks alot like uncle fester. I actually got used to her face and dont really notice anymore but if I stop and think about it shes still not real cute. Definitely isn't a bias though because alot of other people have commented that she isn't very cute. Most people say nothing and almost no one has ever awed over her or her baby pics. One of my friends described her as a kid that looks like she gets fed nothing but funions lol. His nieces on the other hand everyone right away goes omg they're so cute. The thing that freaks me out more is her facial expressions. Most pictures she either has Charles Manson style crazy eyes or else looks like shes stoned out of her mind. 

lieutenant_dad's picture

Look ugly? No. Look and smell impoverished (as in stereotypical poor)? Yes.

They smell like they don't bathe with soap, and they look it, too. Clothes are ratty, stained, and torn. Neither SS shaves regularly, leaving YSS with a unibrow, and OSS has awful acne that I refuse to buy medicine for if he won't use it.

BM looks and smells much the same. It drives me NUTS with the SSs, though, because we buy them clothes and shoes. And haircuts. And soap and deodorant, even for BM's. I know part of it is puberty, but part of it is also just taking no care in themselves.

Kiwi_koala's picture

My boyfriend's oldest daughter the 12.5 year old is cuteish. When I first met her when she was 7 I was kind of surprised she was awkward looking because her father is good looking and her mom is cute. She looks a lot like my boyfriend, but her features are sort of masculine .She is still not pretty though imo. The second daughter the almost 11 year old is adorable. She's tiny like her mom and her face is very cute. Looks like her mom's twin. I think she'll be attractive as an adult. 

His two boys are 7 and 9 and fairly cute. The older of the two ( looks like Dad) is slightly more attractive thus far. The 7 year old's face is kind of elongated, but not too bad. Looks a lot like his mom imo although everyone thinks he is bfs twin. 

The youngest two have a different mom. The 5.5 year old isn't very pretty. imo. She looks exactly like the mom who is pretty sometimes but also super odd looking at the same time so that's how I feel about the kid. The 3 year old boy is gorgeous. I thought that from when he was a baby from the pictures I saw.

Ispofacto's picture

Killjoy14 pouted so much for so long, her face froze that way, and all I see now and forever is her poopy pouty face, like a toddler in need of its binky. 

DH was cute when I met him, but over time I've come to realize he's the most handsome man on earth. 

Personality is everything.

 

scarpetta's picture

My SD's are not ugy at all, but since they look like their mother, their looks are of no consequence to me. I never understood my husband's attraction to their mother because she's nothing special to look at. She let herself go pretty early on and now she has decided that she's a lesbian. I could care less because people have a right to be whatever they want to be, but it has been confusing for my SD's. On the other hand, my daughter has been complimented for her beauty multiple times by random people, even when she was a little girl. My husband could not stand it because his daughters were not told they were pretty. He resented my daughter for it and even made deragotory comments to her about trying to get attention, etc. Sad.

ndc's picture

My SO's daughters are clearly a mix of SO and BM. I think SO is quite handsome, BM is a very attractive woman, and their daughters are very pretty.  They have nice personalities (still young!) and are mostly good kids, but on days when they act up, they're lucky they're so cute.

I know a few people who are objectively good looking that I find to be unattractive because of their miserable personalities, so I know where a lot of you are coming from.

 

Livingoutloud's picture

My SDs both are very pretty. Unfortunately one (the troubled one) is covered with tattoos. Including facial tattoo. It’s kind  of scary. My normal not troubled SD likes to do duck face lol  but they are both beautiful. 

thinkthrice's picture

Inherited the worst traits from both parents

They have the Girhippo's plain jane features and they have Chef's lack of bone structure and lips.  All three are gargantuan.   The only way I could describe them is huge pale blobs.  SD20 looks most like Chef.   The boys look like clones of the Girhippo. I think redheads are cute (think Opie Taylor)  but Chef's sons are the ugliest gingers I've ever seen.

OSS22 looks like an old woman wearing a babushka.  YSS16 is particularly homely with a face only a mother could love; he also has a giant beak.  Urine-coloured hair.  At least OSS's hair is a nice brick red.

On the other hand, Chef's oldest half brother's son ( who is gorgeous and has a movie star /rockstar look)  has gorgeous children in particular the youngest daughter.  Of course she is tatted up and messed up; also had a kid at age 18.

strugglingSM's picture

Huge pale blobs!! I’m dying! 

strugglingSM's picture

Neither SS really looks like DH. One sort of walks like DH, but that is the only resemblance.

Neither look that much like BM, either. They both sort of look like BM’s parents, which is unfortunate to say the least. One has very pale eyebrows, which make him look like he has no eyebrows.

They are also in middle school now, so entering the awkward phase. They are also both pretty manipulative, so that colors my perception of both of them.

It’s really unfortunate that neither looks like DH. He had such a sweet face as a baby and young child. He still has a face that is handsome and manly looking, but also retains a sweetness that highlights his genuine and generous personality.

BM on the other hand has snaggle teeth, one of her front teeth is slightly brown, and is rather dumpy looking. She has always looked at least 10 years older than her actual age. She usually looks pale and tired, with poorly dyed hair. 

BM’s mother - whom one of my SSs resembles - looks slightly rat-like with beady eyes and a large bulbous nose. BM’s father - whom the other SS resembles - looks like a big doofus. He has a moon face that complements his completely squat and square body and always has a half grin on his face that makes him look like a complete idiot, which he appears to be.

Cooooookies's picture

SS16 looks just like his incubator and her brothers.  Her brothers are nice, met them and have no idea what happened to their sister.  Biggest waste of human on the planet.  SS has far too big of a nose and is just the most awkward thing.  Has the personality of a dish towel that is lazy, loves to steal and hide garbage food and waste away on a gaming chair 24/7 playing video games.

So it's probably not the looks so much as (lack of) personality and decency.  Looks just don't help.

shamds's picture

hubby is handsome to me, his family have quite strong facial bone features as in the chiseled chin and high cheekbones but small jawline for alot of them so they often have cramped teeth. Alot of the women have this and it looks quite harsh but his 3 kids with ex, well sd22 looks exactly like bio mum, she’s a normal brown coloured skin but as hubby is asian, theres this fascination when you’re brown to use foundation 10 shades lighter to make you look caucasian- thats just stupid because it means you don’t accept what you were born with and when your hands are 10 shades darker than your face, it just looks weird.

ss20 loves to spoil pics where we are all sitting nice especially for holidays all dressed up but then he uncollars his top showing a tshirt underneath or he leans forward and it just looks out of place. Or he takes pic with a mouth full of food. He doesn’t look like hubby because his face shape, jawline and looks don’t resemble hubby, looks like similar to mum. He also fidgets like crazy and always acts like he has the sniffles in front of people and its so rude. My dad once said he looks nothing like hubby, i don’t even wanna go there because hubby knew his exwife was seeing other people while still married to him just before divorce so god knows if this goes way back and ss isn’t his, hubby would be heartbroken but he would cut him off in a heartbeat i think, because he’s had enough of his bullshit..

Sd13 has quite a harsh jawline so she never smiles with teeth so she has this awkward looking underbite and don’t get me going about those stupid peace sign symbols. When you’re dressed up in formal evening wear, posing with the stupid peace ✌️ symbol f*#ks up a picture completely

my 2 kids have the chiseled chin which hubby has and my chin sticks out too but hubby and me are both oval shaped and our kids do look like an amazing mix because theres about 12 ethnicities in their generic makeup so it really shows through.

barbKarin's picture

I feel uncomfortable and almost angry at judging people by their looks. We are all born with faults and calling someone ugly for how they look is cruel.

Judge someone by their character, not how they look.

My daughter had health issues. I'm sure people thought she was ugly when she was the sweetest child. In fact she was teased in school for it. No one deserves to be thought of like that.

Parents should teach their kids not to judge by appearances.

TwoOfUs's picture

I agree and so rarely find anyone ugly or unattractive. Most people have beauty to me. I do think it's the personality (or lack thereof) and attitude of skids shining through that makes them ugly. If you notice, my complaint is all about her horrible d-bag face she's making and the smug look...not really about her physical appearance. 

I do also think that hygiene plays a huge role. 

Basically, I agree about not judging people based on their looks. But I do think that looks can be colored by your judgement of someone...and by their attitude and character. I also think that now-grown skids who constantly post "seductive" pictures of themselves on Instagram, etc. are kind of fair game at this point. It's not like I'm going out of my way to insult the kid...she's putting it out there repeatedly for adoration...and to me it's gross. 

Aniki-Moderator's picture

Most people have beauty to me.

I agree with you. Sometimes it's harder to find.

I've know people who are VERY attractive... only for them to become more and more unattractive due to ugly personality traits.

Jcksjj's picture

Making an observation on how someone looks isn't necessarily a judgment of them as a person. One of my best friends is very obviously unattractive. Theres no denying that and regardless of what I think about her as a person I'm not blind. Does it affect the friendship or make me think any less of her? No. Shes one of the most intelligent and confident people I've ever met. I think most adults are capable of separating looks from the rest of a person. But fact is some people are less physically attractive than others. I think making it a huge taboo that anyone can ever be considered ugly like its the absolute worse thing you can say about a person makes it worse. It's a mostly inborn trait that you can affect to an extent that some people get luckier with than others...same as intelligence, athleticism, etc. I understand society makes it more than that but I think its dumb that being "ugly" is that terrible.

barbKarin's picture

There is nothing wrong in admitting that not everyone is attractive as per societies standards. But look through this entire blog and tell me people are not making fun of physical features. Because they are. And I personally feel that is wrong.

TwoOfUs's picture

Meh. 

I think it's harmless, really. It's not like we're bullying the skids or doing it publicly...and I don't see how it's any different than venting about skids being dumb or having anxiety...or anything else they don't have tons of control over. 

The truth is, my YSD could be very attractive. But she has a smug, self-satisfied attitude and dresses and conducts herself in ways that are highly unattractive. These are choices she's making. I'm venting about them...partly because these gosh-awful, smug pictures of her are shoved in my face multiple times a month by DH...who acts like they're the best thing ever. "Oh! Look at this new picture YSD posted!!!" **shoves phone in my face excitedly** I'm not going to recoil and say "Oh, gross!" to him...so I do it here. 

Like me, many SMs suck it up, smile and nod while husbands, in-laws, etc. go on and on about how wonderful and adorable their skids are...and then they come here to say: "Nah. Not so cute...kind of repulsive actually." 

It's no big deal...just nice to have somewhere that we're allowed to be honest about our feelings...

barbKarin's picture

I'm not talking about you specifically. Just what others are writing and I wanted to share my opnion. This is a public blog after all.

THere is a difference between insulting people on their looks and funny poses.

TwoOfUs's picture

To me...it's all tied up together and impossible to separate. 

How someone looks is partly their physical features, partly how they take care of themselves, partly their physical fitness, partly how they dress...partly their attitude and mannerisms...partly how they present themselves to the world. It's the whole package...and in the case of my YSD, I'm simply not a fan of the package or what's inside. 

It may be "mean" to point that out on an anonymous blog where no one knows who the other posters are or who they're talking about...but is it wrong, as you've said? I don't really think it is. 

Jcksjj's picture

Exactly. Listening to people and especially my husband fawn over a kid that has caused me nothing but stress is difficult. If anyone else in my life treated me like she does I'm sure my husband would be insulting them with me and I would be able to vent with him instead. Also, i hate being put in the position of having to aww over a picture of her or whatever and the options are either lie or be mean. It's nice to be able to get my actual feelings out on here.

freesh's picture

To be fair, someone here said their stepson looks like they have a chromosomal disorder. That isnt at all what you are suggesting. That just sounds mean.

Letti.R's picture

Different societies and cultures do have different and varied standard of beauty.
We all have our own ideas of what we consider beautiful, ugly or average.
Because you find the topic personally sensitive, it doesn't mean that other posters are out to offend you by expressing their opinions.
It may be a matter of  their truth that they consider their kids ugly.
It is an opinion they are entitled to.
It may be a case where nasty personalities or bad habits make people focus and become hypercritical of even the smallest physical imperfections such as knock knees or stringy hair.
When you dislike someone, you are less likely to be forgiving or overlook anything about them - even their physical appearance.
The reverse is also true.
Parents often think their own children are beautiful, when objectively by environmental community "beauty" standards,  they are not.

I agree with you that making judgments based on what someone looks like is cruel, but in this instance it is based on interactions with these kids.
The complication here is that many people have had bad experiences with their step kids and the ugly interactions add to the perception of physical ugliness.
Most well-adjusted non-bigoted people are able to make a distinction on how they judge people and do have the capacity to base those judgement or more than what people look like.  

I will never forget when a colleague brought her new baby to  the office.
That child must have been one of the ugliest babies I have ever seen!!
But I had the decorum and tact to lie and  call the child "sweet".
Most people come here to vent.
They wouldn't express their opinions to cause other hurt - especially on something so superficial such as looks to people who interact with them in their daily lives.

That said, some people, IMO, are actually ugly and unattractive.
It is just a plain old fact coming from someone who is quite average looking - and many people consider my long red hair horrible and the hallmark of a witch...
I know people who consider red haired women ugly and unattractive.
Their issue, not mine, and they are welcome to their own opinions.
In return,  find very fat grossly over weight people unpleasant to look at, but it doesn't mean I find them ugly or do not make some assumptions about them based on appearance.

 If I don't like something I see here, I  move along. 
I don't feel it necessary  to control or censor what others write.
I have seen very few ugly people, but if I think it, am I not allowed to write or say it?
Even on a forum where most of it is anonymous - and most of what is written here would not be uttered in our real lives?
It may seem nasty to  you, but the intention was not to cause you personal offence by expressing their own opinions.

tog redux's picture

"It may seem nasty to  you, but the intention was not to cause you personal offence by expressing their own opinions."

Exactly. I'm not clear on why people can't just stay away if they find a thread offensive. Why the need to come in and judge people for supposedly being judgmental?

People say rotten things about their skids on here all the time. Mean names, etc.  Insult their spouses.  I just don't comment if I find it offensive.

strugglingSM's picture

I agree with you in theory, however, my SSs both stare and laugh at people they find unattractive, so I don’t feel all that bad. They love to snicker at overweight people because they forget that when their parents were married, they were both morbidly obese. Both BM and DH and stomach surgery two years before they divorced. They’ve both lost weight, but DH is now a normal weight vs BM who is still heavy. You would think she would teach her kids not to judge based on appearances, but apparently not. DH’s family is also extremely judgmental about appearance (yet, they love BM, which is odd) and it drives me crazy. First, you would think they were all supermodels - they are not. Second, you would think there was nothing to judge about them - there is. Third, it just makes them all seem really unattractive generally. 

Physics guy's picture

I think that fashion and hygiene are factors.  I teach HS and see a lot of kids who almost deliberately try to look bad.

TwoOfUs's picture

Yes...I used to teach high school and have a lot of empathy and understanding for teens, in general. I don't like to give them a hard time about their fashion choices and like to give a lot of grace about hygiene and other things...because I know they're still figuring stuff out. 

I still think my YSD is particularly horrendous at dressing and it drives me up the wall...so you know it has to be pretty bad. I can find the beauty in just about anything and am predisposed to love and enjoy teens...but she's just awful. 

GhostWhoCooksDinner's picture

OSS looks a lot like DH so, no, I don't think he's ugly. But man, between the terrible hygiene and s*&^%$y personality, yeah, he's super gross. It's a shame.

YSS used to be a cutie, actually. Again, it's a shame he was so ugly on the inside. He always had a scowl on his face. I have no idea what he looks like now. He's probably dirty though.