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Anonymous asked in Family & RelationshipsSingles & Dating · 1 decade ago

what is the difference between a pretty woman and an ugly one?

this the thing, while I was still a student in the universty I was always amused by the types of girls my roomate used to date. Those girls were really ugly ( I don't mean to be rude here.) So one day I made a comment on his choices. He looked at me rather amused and asked: " what is the difference between an ugly woman and a beautiful one?".

what do you think he meant when he asked me that question?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    personality? Ugly ones have a better 1

  • SuzyQ
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Maybe he couldn't get a pretty one. Maybe he didn't want to have someone and have to worry about someone else coming in and taking them away. He sounds like a man-whore to me that doesn't really care and thinks that if you put a bag over a woman's head they all look the same. NOT TRUE. Women come in all shapes, sizes. Some only look good on the outside because the wear so much makeup. Some are natural beauties. Some are really homely, but very beautiful people. Your friend sounds to me like an idiot. Maybe one day, he'll grow up and decide what he wants in a woman. He should be just a little choosy.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think he was making a point about ugly personalities verses beautiful personalities. You know the idea that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"--so, if you make a comment about how ugly or beautiful someone is, someone who asks a question like your roommate did is asking you about the difference between personality and looks and how you can tell if someone is beautiful just by seeing how they look on the outside? Everyone defines beauty differently--so someone that your roomate thinks is beautiful (be it on the inside or the outside or both) will be different from someone that you think is beautiful.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. While there is traditional beauty, like Cindy Crawford, there is also inner beauty that over-rides outer beauty.

    Traditional beauty is based on symmetry, skin quality, hair and several other factors that even babies recognize as preferred.

    But then there is inner beauty. A person may not look symmetrical or have all the qualities I listed but they are kind, compassionate, sweet, etc.

    Remember, outer beauty fades but inner beauty lasts forever. Would you rather be with a cute woman that is nasty inside and then her looks start to match her inner self or someone whose looks won't change much but is beautiful inside forever?

    There are the rare cases of inner and outer beauty though and you should consider yourself a lucky man if you ever find one. I did.

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  • Saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder kinda thing. You may see a girl that looks ugly but he sees a girl with a great personality and fun to be around.

  • 1 decade ago

    pretty woman are picky, and as far as that word ugly there are no ugly women just shallow minded men.Looks don't make a women it's what is inside that counts.If I had a choiceI would take a less pretty woman that way she would be there for me and not all the other guys like pretty woman do.pretty woman want to be the star of every thing and less pretty woman just are happy to have some one.I think his thought is that how do you judge a book by its cover before you get to know the person inside.If you don't judge a book by its cover, why judge a girl by her looks.And I bet your friend has more sex then you because he don't judge by looks only by what makes him happy.

    Source(s): just my thoughts.
  • 1 decade ago

    hmm what he could have meant was beauty is in the eye of the beholder, how can u nominate 1 generic beauty?

    If ur attracted to someone then u find them good looking where somone else might say eww. No big deal doesnt change anything.

    There is a stereotypical type of beauty now a days presented by the media (tall skinny blond with big **** and a round a$$, high cheek bones perfect skin and hair etc etc).

    I think this is caused by celebrities. It's their JOB to look good thats why they look so good and it embedds in our minds that "this is beautiful".

    I think angelina jolie is hot hot hot but any guy i talk to says ewww nooo so how can u generalize it? just because majority of ppl like smeone they are beautiful? no.. i know guys that LOVE fat girls, its sooooo hot to them, so who are we to say eww no?

    There is no generic beauty. especially when u break it down culturally, its very different.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Beauty is on the eyes of the beholder.

    And:

    Pretty girls in general are not very nice with respect to ugly ines, because they use their appearence to somehow control the other person.

    "Ugly" gils in general can be more nice, sincere, and loving than pretty ones.

    However, it is also a fact that there are gorgeous girls with super nice personality, and there also ugly girls who are a complete desaster as a person.

  • Shorty
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    The thing is beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What is beauty to one might not be beauty to another.

    Also, the more you get to know someone and like someone the more beautiful they become. What matters in a relationship is the beauty on the inside of the person, not on the outside.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    There is not much difference between a pretty woman and an ugly one. It only depends how you think about her appearance ... she maybe ugly in your eyes but a pretty one in others eyes.

    Moreover ... if a woman is kind ... friendly ... graceful ... polite ... educated and has good posture ... you will consider she has internal beauty ... so please don't always give comment on others choices ... maybe his choice is the best one ...

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