HappyAgain Posted July 23, 2010 Posted July 23, 2010 OMG, so I found an old picture of the ex in my things tonight while getting my things together for my next trip. I was looking at it and I realized that I had completely forgotten what he looked like! I still don't recognize him or see how I ever thought he was "great looking" - average, yes, great, no. What a difference someone's appearance can be when viewed with love-tinted glasses and then with indifference. While I used to think his face was sculptured, now I see the hawkish eyes and brow that everyone else found unappealing, what I viewed as a full head of hair I now see as an unkempt mop of frizz, while I used to think his skinniness was just slimness I now see as someone so skinny to be considered anorexic and weak-looking for a man. People actually had commented to me after the split that they thought he had cancer or some other terminal illness because he looked so unhealthy but I hadn't seen it at the time I was still in love with him. It makes me profoundly aware of how much beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I remember being amused 2 years ago when we split at how he used a picture that I had taken of him 10 years before for his FB profile (his means for finding a girlfriend.) But now I realize that he looks attractive with a head-shot only from a certain angle at a certain light. I can only imagine what he would see if he found a picture of me! Anyway, said found picture has made its way into the trash. What wonderful things time and healing does for us!
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