Love your mom's comment, lol.

And yeah... Of course hundreds of years of being told you're your looks and nothing but your looks has its impact and we as women sadly keep passing that onto the next generations; whether on purpose or not. Often it's so ingrained we tend to not even think there's anything wrong with it. It's just a fact of life, women do their make-up and hair and nails and look pretty and (hopefully) STFU. Well, things will change... Mwahaha.

I also feel like being with my partner for so long (over 7 years now) has kind of helped me feel more comfortable in my skin without actually obsessing about my looks all the time. I mean this dude has seen me super hangover; sick as a pig; vomiting, crying and farting all at once due to food poisoning (that was truly a moment I wish I could forget ahaha). Anyway, I think that while of course in his eyes I probably am in some ways attractive, it is CERTAINLY not the reason he's chosen to be with me for so long. And having even one guy in your life that sees the bags under your eyes and snot flowing freely from your swollen nose while you cough your lungs out and just tells you how much he loves you: that has helped me in my path towards this "noping out." I hope there were more guys like that, although it is a frail hope...