Just to put a spin on things (I love presenting the flipside to thing... what can I say I'm antagonistic muhahaha) but seriously, is it realistic to think that someone should view their spouse as the most beautiful/handsome in the world?
I'm sure it's every girls dream that the guy she marries views her as the most gorgeous girl in the world. Not even Kate Winslett or Jennifer Hawkins could turn their heads, nope for them it's their wife? I've always thought this notion sounded so wonderful and fairy-taleish, but recently I spoke to someone who absolutely believed that about his wife. He thought she was just stunning and no other woman on the planet compared. This got me wondering about the whole looks thing. I mean this guy was so in love with his wife, and genuinely saw her as the MOST BEAUTIFUL girl in the world.
As heart-warming as that is, I honestly struggled with that. Not because I don't believe him, but just because it seems such a whimsical notion. I think it has a lot to do with the social construction of beauty and how women 'should' look and what the world says is 'beauty'. However if someone genuinely LOVES another person wouldn't they automatically see them as beautiful above any other? I dunno, maybe I'm rambling. It got me to wondering if that's a realistic notion...like could a guy marry a girl and view her as the most beautiful girl in the world (because he is so genuinely in love with her and because beauty is more than just 'looks' but consists of inner beauty too, which is a whole different subject... ), and should a girl expect her husband to view her this way...or is it all just empty words? Interesting thread. Sorry to railroad it like this, but you got me thinking is all. Carry on now...
I'm sure it's every girls dream that the guy she marries views her as the most gorgeous girl in the world. Not even Kate Winslett or Jennifer Hawkins could turn their heads, nope for them it's their wife? I've always thought this notion sounded so wonderful and fairy-taleish, but recently I spoke to someone who absolutely believed that about his wife. He thought she was just stunning and no other woman on the planet compared. This got me wondering about the whole looks thing. I mean this guy was so in love with his wife, and genuinely saw her as the MOST BEAUTIFUL girl in the world.
As heart-warming as that is, I honestly struggled with that. Not because I don't believe him, but just because it seems such a whimsical notion. I think it has a lot to do with the social construction of beauty and how women 'should' look and what the world says is 'beauty'. However if someone genuinely LOVES another person wouldn't they automatically see them as beautiful above any other? I dunno, maybe I'm rambling. It got me to wondering if that's a realistic notion...like could a guy marry a girl and view her as the most beautiful girl in the world (because he is so genuinely in love with her and because beauty is more than just 'looks' but consists of inner beauty too, which is a whole different subject... ), and should a girl expect her husband to view her this way...or is it all just empty words? Interesting thread. Sorry to railroad it like this, but you got me thinking is all. Carry on now...