While I did spend 14 years in a marriage where I was made to feel unattractive and stupid, I was fortunate afterwards to be in two relationships (my last marriage and last relationship) where I was told, quite often, how intelligent, funny and, yes, beautiful I was.
I tried to dismiss it, and at times, just felt they were referring to that inner beauty. But something in the way they looked at me made me know that they meant the whole package - inner and outer beauty. And, by saying it, they made me feel beautiful.
So, I guess I've been spoiled, but I know that I will not settle for anything less than a relationship where someone can see me as beautiful. It's not that I always need to hear it; just that it is nice every once in a while. No matter how confident I become, I can always use that little boost from someone else, that reminder that, yes, I am beautiful.
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