“You are beautiful”…i mostly cringe at these simple words and find it hard to respond in an appreciative manner and sometimes I find myself at the verge of being rude by simply ignoring those simple words. Yes, I can be vain at times…ok, I am vain hahahaa I’ll admit to that but looking nice or beautiful is my mostly for my own pleasure and when other people notice, appreciate and compliment I can get a bit dumbfounded and are usually unable to respond in an equally thoughtful manner. You might be wondering why and some people might even think that I respond to the way I responded to fish for more compliments but believe me…that is not the case. Well you see…growing up with other beautiful exotic looking siblings can make your growing up experience all weird especially if you are different from them. I’ve always looked more “Oriental” as compared to my other sisters and growing up different from them makes me think that I have all the wrong features like maybe I can have bigger eyes, a tanned skin color, fuller lips and a less-rounded figure but I have learnt to embrace my “unique” features and make them work for me J again, comparing myself to my gorgeous siblings, I’m always the “cute” one…ok, cute is also a compliment and I’m quite content with that until someone conveniently rains on my parade by telling me that cute literally means “ugly but adorable” Another big influence of my appearance is my other half *but of course….* he’s quite consistent when complimenting my physical appearance which is I’m not pretty but very very very cute which can also be translated as ugly but very very very adorable hahahaha and I’m quite okay with that. Anyway, all this cuteness had stuck itself to me and when someone else compliments me by saying “you are beautiful” it’s kinda hard to take it in. Although I usually feel a tinge of doubt in the compliments, I am honestly overwhelmed by the thoughtfulness of the compliment especially if it wasn’t necessary or expected…and that is one thing that has helped me to smile as a respond to them. So to those people who had appreciated my efforts in being vain and looking nice…thank you, it wasn’t expected or necessary but you noticed. People always say that beauty is only skin deep and at the risk of sounding shallow, I sincerely say that your compliments have touched me deeply...ouchhhh *with a smile*
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