Is it normal to not believe i'm attractive?

I am quiet because I suffer from depression so I don't talk much, don't joke around much, don't smile. At work, no male customer has ever flirted with me or said I was pretty or even cute. I had about 10 women who have called me anything from adorable to beautiful but not one guy.

Whenever I go somewhere like out to dinner or a food store/clothing store, I don't get flirted with by men. But before I got depression, I smiled more, joked around and talked more/was more open. I did get flirted with a few times a day on average but that has not happened for years now.

I can't sort whether it's how I never smile or if it's just the fact I gained 10 pounds. I feel like my face is really fat, I asked my boyfriend and he always says it's thin, my best friends both tell me my face is really thin. One of my coworkers even said to me that I shouldn't lose weight because my face is really skinny. But I don't believe it, I really don't.

Because of this, I am constantly trying to get things right/try to get people to compliment me so I can feel better about walking around in public instead of feeling uneasy like people think I'm this disgusting looking fat-faced and chubby bodied girl with ugly eyebrows. So I have tried every hair color in the book (natural hair colors only). Tried red, tried dark brown, jet black, blonde. Not one of them changed how people perceived me. Not once did any guy approach me or try and flirt with me. I go online, order all this makeup, try all these techniques to look pretty and none of them seem to work.

My boyfriend's sister is obese and outgoing and has not had one boy ask her out yet. In my younger years, I was asked out about 20 or so times. I dated 10 guys, she has not dated anyone but wants to but no one will ask her out.

I still think she's gorgeous, am in awe of how beautiful she is, how everyone is more beautiful than me. But she is constantly dying her hair and trying different make up too. So I always wonder, is she in the same boat as me? Does she not feel pretty like I don't? Because she once said to me, "I with I looked like you" but I always thought it was just to be polite.

My friends say she's average looking and because she's obese and 6'0 tall, most guys won't go for that. She has good teeth though, perfect teeth, the perfect smile. She has a perfect nose too, perfect eye color, etc. But they keep telling me she has thick eyebrows that are uneven and her nose is bigger than mine and not even. Her face is a lot fatter than mine, her stomach is puffy/arms/legs all puffy. But still, I don't see that. I see her as gorgeous, I think they're lying to me.

Is it normal to feel this way? My boyfriend calls me pretty sometimes but not often. My friends never say I look pretty until I mention his sister/other people that I wish I looked like. I'm 10 pounds overweight, have weird eyebrows, have a huge fat round face with chubby arms and thunder thighs and my bottom teeth are all crooked. So I think, why the hell would anyone think I even look "average"? :/

IIN? Sorry it's long.

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Comments ( 13 )
  • GiveMeAFuckingNameAlready!

    If you have a boyfriend why do want guys to hit on you?...

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  • shuggy-chan

    Fine your ugly, whatever, can i go now?

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    • BrotherFelix

      You're telling her to fine her ugly? I don't see how that would achieve anything, even if her ugly did pay the fine.

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  • Spankz

    First of all, why are you pining for guys to flirt with you when you have a boyfriend? If you want someone to flirt with you, strive for him to do it.

    Second of all, stop focusing so much on your looks. You will never look like people in magazines or other people you compare yourself to, because you aren't them. You're you and that's what you need to focus on. I was the unhappiest in my life when I compared myself to others. As soon as I realized that hey, I might not look like my hot best friend, but that doesn't mean I'm worth any less than them, I became a much happier person.

    It isn't worth your time to worry about your looks, because they are something you will never change. Worry about your character and your actions, because those are what define you. Looks are so mundane in this life and they never last.

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  • ATO

    LOSE SOME WEIGHT... its not that hard.

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    • Actually, it is hard because I gained weight on my medication, not by changing my diet.

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  • regisphilbin

    if you want to lose a few pounds then go do it. if you want to change your hairstyle or clothes then go do it. nothing is stopping you from living the life you want. stop giving excuses. you are responsible for your own happiness. nobody owes you anything.

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  • chained_rage

    "I suffer from depression so I dont talk much"
    *proceeds to talk much*

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    • I don't talk much; I write a lot, always.

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      • chained_rage

        Why is that though? Why are people like you and I like this? Is it because we overthink a reply too much and, by the time we have made the most excellent *airguitar solo* reply in our heads, the topic has already changed and it would sound dumb if we try steer the conversation back?
        Is it because we are just natural listeners?
        I don't suffer from depression though.. and I tend to be very witty.. but I don't smile or laugh much, nor do I speak a lot. Some days I don't even speak at all :)

        My friend's mom says that the reason for this is only because we are just slightly more evolved than regular people.

        I haven't read your whole post, is it worth reading? I will if you tell me it is.

        Do you like touching people or being touched? I don't like it.. I hate it when people touch me..

        Why does it bother you so much that guys don't call you pretty? Do you think you might seem a little unapproachable maybe?
        Secretly I get really hurt on the inside..between my guts and stuff..if somebody says something negative about me..but I never show it because I kinda come across as a confident jerk somewhat.. but that's not me..and they'll never know. Shhh...
        Example: the other day a friend told me that it looks like I am gaining a bit of a tummy..that was three weeks ago and it is still bugging me.. I do have stomach muscles and whatwhat, but that remark is bugging me so much.. I'm not vain or anything..not obsessed with my looks.. but that comment cut deep.
        Are you like that too?

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  • stopandthink

    You are like a beautiful flower in the light of a crystal sun which shines only on the prettiest girls in the world.

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    • chained_rage

      I watch how the moon
      Sits in the sky on a dark night
      Shining with the light from the sun...

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      • The sun doesn't give the light to the moon
        Assuming the moon's gonna owe it one

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