It may have been the fact that the news came first thing in the morning.
Maybe it was true that the cat seemed sick first thing in the morning.
In an interview on a morning TV show, a relationship expert essentially said that unless you make yourself attractive, you have no chance of finding Mr. or Miss Right.
I immediately looked in the mirror. Attractive, of course, is a relative term, but I was nowhere near fitting the bill at the moment, just as an elephant wouldn’t fit in a Kia.
The interviewer pressed Guest on the matter, but she remained adamant. She argued that unless you were attractive, you were out of luck when it came to finding a spouse.
However, I am proving that this theory is not true. I’ve looked pretty much the same since birth (minus the mustache and shifting hair line) and I’ve been happily married to her for nearly 48 years. I know there must be many reasons why my wife agreed to marry me, but my good looks are not among them. Not even my bank account.No, no, I’m starting to feel depressed now
Anyway, the news from the morning TV pundit is definitely for people hawking beauty products (all the creams, potions, and minstrations that are supposed to make us all look like movie stars) and plastic surgeons. welcomed.
Plastic surgery is all the rage these days. According to the Aesthetic Association, the American will spend his $14.6 billion on cosmetic plastic surgery in 2021. Types of cosmetic surgery include face lifts, nose surgeries, breast augmentation (or reduction), and fat removal (liposuction).
We seem to be a society obsessed with physical beauty. Women spend the most time making themselves beautiful. In 2020, the Aesthetic Society reported that a woman underwent her 92% of all cosmetic surgeries.
A study conducted by Groupon and OnePoll found that the average American woman spends $3,765 annually on beauty products and services. It’s not that men care less about their appearance. According to the study, men spend an average of $2,928 a year on grooming, especially on haircuts and skincare items.
Once upon a time, a radio station held a contest called “Breast Christmas Ever”, offering women in four cities a chance to win breast implants.
Applicants were asked to submit an essay explaining why they would like larger breasts. In all she had 13 lucky women breast implants.
One of the stations, Detroit’s WKQI-FM, held a similar contest a few years ago. The winner that year was Kara Corp of Livonia, Michigan.
“It was the best Christmas present,” she said. I suppose. Hard to roll.
The contest defied the National Research Center for Women and Families and the National Organization for Women. NOW has its own campaign called ‘Love Your Body’, which aims to counter the unrealistic body image promoted in film and television.
What is this country aiming for? Well, it seems America isn’t the only one obsessed with physical perfection.
China, the world’s most populous country and one of the last bastions of communist doctrine, once staged a pageant called “Miss Artificial Beauty.”
All athletes were surgically augmented to some degree.
In total, 19 surgically altered finalists, including a 62-year-old woman and a transsexual, battled for the crown. The winner, 22-year-old Feng Xian, had her eyelids trimmed, her belly fat removed with liposuction, her cheeks reshaped and her face injected with Botox.
Shortly after receiving the crown, Miss Plastic Surgery said the secret to her victory was her confidence.
If Miss Feng was truly confident, she wouldn’t have been on the whole plastic dog and pony show in the first place.
Cosmetic surgery can cover scars, repair deformities, and correct imperfections.It can even make you look like a movie star if that’s important to you.
Comedian Lucille Ball once said, “Love yourself first and everything else will be fine. You have to really love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
Contrary to popular belief, beauty is in the heart, not in the eye of the beholder.
Now, where did you put your eyeliner?
Mullin is an award-winning writer and columnist who retired in 2017 after 41 years at News and Eagle. Email janjeff2002@yahoo.com or write to Enid at PO Box 1192 at 73702, OK Enid, His News & Eagle.
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Mullin is an award-winning writer and columnist who retired in 2017 after 41 years at News & Eagle. Email janjeff2002@yahoo.com or write to Enid at PO Box 1192 at 73702, OK Enid, His News & Eagle.
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