I’ve heard this a lot where people say they hate their smile lines or that they make them less attractive.
As someone who has had smile lines since I was a teenager, I actually like them. I think it gives my face character. I’m a really smiley person and I laugh a lot. Why wouldn’t that be an attractive thing? Why should I dislike that?
I understand with lack of sleep and dehydration smile lines become more pronounced and if you’re not taking care of yourself that’s bad obviously. But I think if you just naturally have them or you are aging naturally, well you’re beautiful.
We as a society love dimples and hate smile lines? That’s confusing to me.
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Smile lines, wrinkles, dark under eyes, these things are life. It shows somebody’s living a life. Gives them character. Social media obsessing over plain faces is something I’ll never understand. When I look at somebody’s face, I wanna see stories. These things tell stories.
A friend of mine once referred to them as “happy lines” and I’ve never looked at them the same since, that’s so cute lol
same !!! mine are really prominent but i like to smile… i was always self conscious about my smile lines and i thought they were too prominent as im getting older and it shows my age more
my girlfriend recently told me out of the blue, no prior conversation about it – that the smile lines are some of her Favorite qualities about me. its nice to see and hear what people actually think about something ive been self conscious about
I think this is actually a pretty popular opinion. The people that smile weird to avoid wrinkles is mostly a TV/movie trope. Only ever met a couple people who cared and it was only people putting that pressure on themselves, not other people actually caring.
I appreciate this… I’m insecure about mine because (and I think this was honestly damaging to me,) but I grew up having my inner world/ Emotions and needs not being met or cared for, being heavily abused, and the only thing that was appraised was looking young and beautiful…. So I learned to gain self esteem and self worth from looking young and beautiful to everyone… I learned to devalue my health and self (my own mother encouraged me to have anorexia… I’m genetically slender/ have a fast metabolism, I was never fat bur she would suggest she didn’t want me to get fat by eating too much, encouraged me to diet and be under weight…) so (I think I just need a trauma specialist but those are hard to come by,) due to CPTSD, I don’t sleep well… I’ve been through a lot… I feel it shows up in my face and it feels like a betrayal. I absolutely hate them. So appreciate this… honestly think sleep would cure me/ improve my skin, but I have a lot of nightmares and disturbed sleep. I feel like had I not had my experiences, I would’ve stayed looking younger (was appraised for looking 16, up until I was 27. Which I think was a bit creepy considering men don’t get appraised for looking 16; why are women expected to look in teens and 20’s forever?) anyway, I’m insecure about my eye bags and lines… I notice they’re waaay less prominent if I get lucky and get enough sleep.
I have WTF lines.
That’s crazy that I saw this today. YES. I have been on a dating site for a year now and I just matched with someone for the first time where I’m attracted to them and am actually a little swoony and in crush territory and that’s unbelievably rare for me. So obviously I’m tryna figure out what it is about this person that I’m into and it’s his smile lines. Teeny little feathers just starting to appear that showcase a life of laughter and much smiling.
The older I get, the more I appreciate these physical features in others and therefore myself. humbling and human
What are smile lines? Is that like the opposite of a resting bitch face? Never heard of it.
I agree wholeheartedly. I love “imperfections” on people. Crooked smiles, uneven skin, wrinkles, stretch marks, cellulite, freckles, moles. All of that makes people so wonderfully unique and adds to their appearance, rather than take away. The way society views these things as undesirable is such a crime😭
I agree with you, smile lines are attractive. Dare I say really cute actually.
I noticed my smile lines recently and I wasn’t a huge fan of them, but this post has changed that. It’s literally from smiling, one of the best things people can do.
I love every wrinkle and smile line on my spouse’s face. They weren’t there when we met, so I’ve gotten to watch as their happiness has left it’s mark year in and year out. It’s beautiful.