I never understand the way people seem to think that they need to point out to you facts about yourself.

or ask you stupid questions like "when are you going to get married" or "why aren't you married". I always want to say "because I so enjoy this line of questioning that I wouldn't dream of finding happiness so that I can always hear it"

oh, and I'm like ita -- you have to give me a clear signal that you want to given a positive response, no matter what the truth is.

If you see a couple where one is way better looking than the other, you can be sure there's some other element balancing that out. I mean, right?

Nope. Maybe looks aren't important to their dynamic. Maybe one of them really does have all the power/"good stuff", and that's how they like it.

Quick jump to end to thank Fiona for sharing the pictures. Just beautiful and touching to see your happy family.

Maybe one of them really does have all the power/"good stuff", and that's how they like it.

In my Law of Attraction, there was a subset that said generally women date less attractive men because they view themselves as less attractive than they are while men date more attractive women because men think they are more attractive than they are.

or ask you stupid questions like "when are you going to get married" or "why aren't you married".

People are lacking in boundaries. Folks who would not dream of opening mail not addressed to them or walking into a person's house unasked will traipse across emotional boundaries without any hesitation.

It is called reserve, people, or at least sense of privacy, and it's the best thing evar!

And maybe their idea of "good-looking" is different than yours. I used to hang with a lot of artists, and they would often find women beautiful who were not classically attractive--women with strong lines to their face or body or a certain grace or whatever.

Weekly World News front page story (don't remember exact wording):

KITTEN GUILTY OF MURDER! Sign the petition or Fluffy DIES!

...with a picture of a cute kitten strapped to a table, with a hand holding a syringe....

there was a subset that said generally women date less attractive men because they view themselves as less attractive than they are while men date more attractive women because men think they are more attractive than they are

Hey, someone told me this too! That people date their equivalent (physical) attractiveness, and that both genders were "off" but in different directions.

Not something I'd let hold me back.

or ask you stupid questions like "when are you going to get married" or "why aren't you married".

I get the urge to answer something like "Oh! I didn't notice that! But now that you've asked me and turned my attention into it, I have finally realized what I should do! How can I ever repay you?". But I don't.

[Edit: somebody please make me go and grade. But not in the form of a question like "when are you going to grade?" or "why aren't you grading yet?", because now the paragraph above is a well prepared answer for it]

Beauty so much in the eye of the beholder. Dear GF is always enthusiastically showing me pictures of her latest internet potential date, while dreamily describing his awesome looks. I take a look and gently explain again that we just don't have the same taste in men. If we lined up 20 men and picked our top 5 we would pick different guys.