A question was posted on Question Stream concerning what you find most attractive about a person...looks, intelligence, or personality. Most people answered that is it personality. I know a lot of ppl that are attracted to someone by their looks THEN convince themselves that this good looking person has a great personality. They are blinded.

I think back to most of the bfs or dates I had. Not too many of them were really great looking by a lot of others' standards. Oh, I found them cute enough, myself. But mostly becuz I liked THEM. They were amusing/caring/always helpful. There were a few that I dated that turned out to not be so wonderful. They became controlling and abusive. I ran like the wind away from that.

I remember one guy in particular. I met him when I first went AWAY to college. He was one of the first ppl to befriend me and take me around...show me the ropes of the town and the campus. I was introduced to him through one of the girls on my dorm floor. His name was Donnie and he looked like Shrek with red hair (no green skin of course). But he had a smile that would light up the darkest night. He was so sweet and could make me laugh. He quickly turned into my 'protector'. He introduced me to 'Halloween" and "Indiana Jones". He also introduced me to this thing called "padiddle". EVer hear of that? It is a ploy to get a kiss really. One night there was a bunch of us shoved into a car and for some reason I ended up having to sit on Donnie's lap. A car went by with only one headlight. Everyone shouted 'padiddle' and then Donnie gave me a quick kiss. They all laughed becuz of the look on my face. He told me that when you saw a car with one headlight you had to shout 'padiddle' and kiss someone. There seemed to be a lot of cars with only one headlight that night.

We ended up parting ways when he met a tall, pretty blonde. We were still friends but we didn't hang out anymore. That blonde was a very sweet girl and they were so in love! I heard that a few months after I left to go to another college that they were engaged.

So, you see...looks don't always count for much. Then again... I did get dumped for a tall blonde.