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Do you judge people on how they look?

Asked by Kylie (211points) April 2nd, 2010

I must say I personally don’t. However, I find I am constantly judged by people or criticised about my appearance. It makes it harder as one grows older. I used to model but now I am older I have got the usual signs of ageing. But people comment on it all the time particularly if they haven’t seen me in a while. I get comments like “Oh you’re a granny now” or “Your butt has got bigger” those types of remarks. The sources of these “insults” are varied both males and females of all age ranges.

If I were to see a difference in a person I would hardly remark on it. Is this normal for people to do? Or are they being hurtful? Would you tell a person they have “put on weight” or “gotten old”? It is people I know as opposed to random strangers. My self esteem has taken a huge knock because of this. Of course some people say nice things, perhaps I am just appalled at the ones who say whatever they want? How do I respond to them?

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