Comments on: My Ugly Friend http://authspot.com/short-stories/my-ugly-friend/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:56:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: RandomPerson http://authspot.com/short-stories/my-ugly-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-1578451 RandomPerson Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:54:53 +0000 http://authspot.com/short-stories/my-ugly-friend/#comment-1578451 I agree with the poster above me. This sounds patronizing as hell and I think you are full of it. I mean, really...? You don't know how shallow men can be about appearances?? Wow. What you did was horrible to this person. You constantly built up hope for her...probably knowing these men were not interested. And I'm not exactly sure why you were friends with her in the first place. Sounds like you were just trying to make yourself feel better by doing her a "favor." And I also think you were using her to make yourself look better in a lot of these instances. Look at your actions, think about what you're doing. I agree with the poster above me. This sounds patronizing as hell and I think you are full of it. I mean, really…? You don’t know how shallow men can be about appearances?? Wow. What you did was horrible to this person. You constantly built up hope for her…probably knowing these men were not interested. And I’m not exactly sure why you were friends with her in the first place. Sounds like you were just trying to make yourself feel better by doing her a “favor.” And I also think you were using her to make yourself look better in a lot of these instances. Look at your actions, think about what you’re doing.

]]> By: Kee http://authspot.com/short-stories/my-ugly-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-1301414 Kee Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:29:29 +0000 http://authspot.com/short-stories/my-ugly-friend/#comment-1301414 Reading between the lines, you seem rather patronizing, to be honest. Did you really not see the problem at first? Was her personality SO wonderful, her inner beauty SO beautiful, that at the time you just didn't perceive her ugliness and couldn't understand why men would snub her, or why she'd be so unhappy when you'd leave her alone to spend time with guys you'd met? Don't get me wrong, it's not your fault that they found you attractive and her ugly, or that you wanted to spend time alone getting to know those guys better. But come on. Imagine the disappointment, the pain, of being snubbed by an endless succession of guys who completely ignore you to hit on your hot (or at least, not ugly) friend instead. You didn't pick up on that immediately, only later? Do some introspection. Many of us want the world to see us as kind, good-hearted, not-shallow people. Are you sure there wasn't an iota of selfish motivation in trying to introduce your unfortunate friend to guys, all the while patting yourself on the back for being so nice to the poor, ugly girl? The desire to seem, not only beautiful, but also sweet and kind to even the uglies? Hey, for all I know, maybe you ARE that sweet and kind, and truly "didn't understand" why this kept happening, but...psshh. I've been patronizing enough before, and I've been patronized enough before, to know that most people aren't that sweetly blind or clueless. Reading between the lines, you seem rather patronizing, to be honest. Did you really not see the problem at first? Was her personality SO wonderful, her inner beauty SO beautiful, that at the time you just didn’t perceive her ugliness and couldn’t understand why men would snub her, or why she’d be so unhappy when you’d leave her alone to spend time with guys you’d met? Don’t get me wrong, it’s not your fault that they found you attractive and her ugly, or that you wanted to spend time alone getting to know those guys better. But come on. Imagine the disappointment, the pain, of being snubbed by an endless succession of guys who completely ignore you to hit on your hot (or at least, not ugly) friend instead. You didn’t pick up on that immediately, only later?

Do some introspection. Many of us want the world to see us as kind, good-hearted, not-shallow people. Are you sure there wasn’t an iota of selfish motivation in trying to introduce your unfortunate friend to guys, all the while patting yourself on the back for being so nice to the poor, ugly girl? The desire to seem, not only beautiful, but also sweet and kind to even the uglies? Hey, for all I know, maybe you ARE that sweet and kind, and truly “didn’t understand” why this kept happening, but…psshh. I’ve been patronizing enough before, and I’ve been patronized enough before, to know that most people aren’t that sweetly blind or clueless.

]]> By: Kim Buck http://authspot.com/short-stories/my-ugly-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-491113 Kim Buck Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:13:34 +0000 http://authspot.com/short-stories/my-ugly-friend/#comment-491113 Ugly can been seen in many forms. Ugly can been seen in many forms.

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