How much does a good looking face matter to you vs a good looking body? Which would you pick if given the choice?

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How much does a good looking face matter to you vs a good looking body? Which would you pick if given the choice?

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  1. sommerniks Avatar

    Good one, as my obsession with a “good looking” body lead to a permanently gaunt face, which is ageing me.

  2. doubleUdoubleUthree Avatar

    I can ignore a body much more easily than I can ignore a face.

  3. Hayjax85 Avatar

    Body i can control, face is what I was given and have come to terms with it 🙈

  4. False-Aardvark-1336 Avatar

    Face, always. I think a variety of body shapes are good looking, so unless you’re morbidly obese or dying of starvation you’re probably good.

  5. wutinthebut19 Avatar

    Face because a good looking face is more memorable. Body you have decent control over.

  6. Living-Mistake8773 Avatar

    I can find almost any body type attractive, appearance-wise only the face matters to me.

  7. BackToGuac Avatar

    I think in general women focus more on face and men focus more on body

  8. Shy_Tease Avatar

    Average looking + tall > Handsome + short.
    Muscle can be built, but height is fixed. A chiseled physique and tall stature project more masculinity and presence than just a good-looking face.

  9. daydreaming-g Avatar

    As someone with a pretty face and not good looking body (fat) I say body is more important. Society treats me like shit

  10. louilou96 Avatar

    I’d say face matters more if we’re talking about attraction to others.

    But on myself, as someone who had a great body and now doesn’t I miss it so much. I’d rather have a good looking body again

  11. tlg151 Avatar

    Face, 100% without a doubt

  12. Mypettyface Avatar

    To me, a nice face, kind eyes and a great smile are the important things.

  13. Friendly-Biscotti612 Avatar

    Ugly face and fit body or nice face with ugly body. I really don’t care. Personality and someone who I click and get on with every time. I don’t care if my friends or family say – ooof they ugly or what. Beauty is in everyone.

  14. __Username__Taken___ Avatar

    I can’t imagine waking up to a face I don’t like daily. Body can be changed enough.

  15. Necessary_Violence95 Avatar

    Cant ignore a fugly face

  16. Tasty-Willingness839 Avatar

    Face matters way more. In saying that, I’m sorry but at 5ft 10 myself I’m not attracted to short guys. Beyond that I’m flexible.

  17. Iittletart Avatar

    I like a good looking personality.

  18. FriendlyyAngel Avatar

    Face and here’s why you can always work on your body but you can’t exercise your way to a different face. Plus when we’re both old and wrinkly I want to look at someone whose expressions still make me happy.

  19. taptaptippytoo Avatar

    For a partner? Or for myself? Honestly, I’m not sure either way.

    I’ve learned that how I feel about my face and my body at any given time has much more to do with my internal state that my appearance. If I’m feeling good about life I look in the mirror and see a 9/10. Maaaaybe I’ll still think I’d like to lose a little weight, but even then I mostly enjoy how I’m looking and feeling. But if I feel like crap? I look in the mirror and am mortified that I ever thought I could be attractive. My eyes are slightly different sizes and a little too close together. My face is so square, it barely looks human to me. My neck is weirdly short! My shoulders look like a linebacker’s. Why is my belly so squishy??? One time I looked in the mirror and marveled at how good I looked, walked out of the bathroom and was insulted by my mother, walked back in and saw that square-faced short-necked odd-eyed linebacker looking back at me and I realized I couldn’t possibly look any different then I had a moment before, so it was all in my head. Super painful but super helpful moment. So do I even know if I have a beautiful face or body? Maybe I’m gorgeous right now, and sometimes insecurity makes me doubt it. Or maybe I’m gross looking and sometimes confidence let’s me look past it. I’ve been told both and I’ve thought both looking in the mirror, so who the hell knows. I’ll keep the face and body I have, and try to get back into yoga so it lasts me longer, haha.

    As for a partner? I’ve always found my partners attractive while I’m dating them. Looking back, none of my previous long-term male partners were objectively attractive. One had a really good body. None of them hold a candle to my husband, who’s a total smokeshow. Other people might call him skinny, or not like that he let’s his hair grow out long sometimes, or some nonsense like that, but to me he’s perfect. If we were to ever divorce, would I think back on his looks like I do my other ex’s? I don’t know or care. I hope we grow old together, and I never learn if I find him so physically attractive because of how he looks or because of how I feel about him.

  20. thevisionaire Avatar

    Face (and especially eyes) are super important. Body can be altered more easily if it’s a matter of weight/muscle

  21. Annual_Dimension3043 Avatar

    Face over body every time.

  22. Halloweenie85 Avatar

    I definitely prefer a good looking face. A body can fluctuate but it can also be worked on, but your face is always going to be your face.

  23. CloudedGlen_55 Avatar

    face matters more for me. like you can have the fittest body ever but if there’s no spark in the face or expression, it’s just not hitting. and a lot of attraction comes from how someone carries themselves anyway, not just features.