From: regan1016@bestsd.sdsu.edu (T. ELIZABETH HARVEY)
Subject: Re: Opinions on physicality
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 00:34:00 GMT

To his original query, Scott adds:
>I asked:
>|>Ok.  So my questions are...for pure eye-appeal (men and women), what 
>|>body types/looks do you prefer, has that changed as you have gotten 
>|>older, and why do you think it's changed?
> 
>Ok, since I asked the question, I'll contribute my other $0.02...
>(Remember, we're talking about looks only, folks!)
> 
>I used to be attracted to petite, curvaceous (sp?), blonde women
>(cute, I think).  As I've gotten older, I seem to have changed to
>from blondes to darker hair, and added high cheek bones.  I don't
>know why, even though I've dated women of both body types (and a few
>other types).
> 
>So, ladies, speak up!  I know you have opinions on this, as well.
>:-)

Hey ... I'll chime in on this.  The only thing I have to lose is ... my 
dignity, my self-esteem, the respect of others, etc ... *grin*

First, a prologue:  Contrary to the statements of my agent, Jas', I am not 
one of 'the beautiful people'.  9 out of 10 people would compliment on my 
personality rather than my looks, and I probably wear the same dress size 
as Oprah Winfrey ... thus, I've always thought it would be the *height* of 
hypocrisy to evaluate a guy mainly on the basis of how closely he resembles 
James Dean, Mel Gibson, etc. since there is no way in heaven, hell, or on 
earth I could favorably compare to Cindy Crawford, et al.

O-tay ... amazingly enough, my tastes have *changed* between the ages of 14 
and 22 (I mean, it's not a long time, you know).
Even the few *standards* I had (not too much grey hair, forget blue eyes, 
gotta be tall, no facial hair, gotta have lips, if you see me with a bald 
guy, *shoot me* because I've lost my mind ...) have been fading away.
I still have my preferences:  The taller, the better; grey temples are 
sexy; beards are more fun than moustaches.  But now I find I can't hold to 
any hard and fast rules.

I think back to my first love (unrequited), who was bald on top (age 42), 
had pale blue eyes, and a paunch ...
I reconjure a mental picture of my ex-boyfriend, who was skinnier than 
skinny, had a moustache, and was developing a widow's peak under that 
shoulder-length hair of his ... plus, the kid was pale (the kid was 25).

Two of the most sexiest, attractive men I've ever known, who I would not 
have given a second look if passing them on the street ...

And my friends wonder why I need to know a man before I can `get 
interested` ...

Ok ... it's nice if the guy doesn't look like a carnival geek or Jabba the 
Hut, but beyond that ... well ... I don't know ... let me become friends 
with him first ... :)

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