And maybe their idea of "good-looking" is different than yours.

In that vein, I can't figure out where I am on the attractiveness continuum. I mean sometimes I think I'm pretty, sometimes not. And my friends and family compliment me on looks-related things occasionally. But I really don't know how someone who has no other info about me would rate me. And if they believed I should date either somebody equally, more, or one notch less attractive, what is their idea of what that guy would look like?

It's a puzzle.

Lisah, you're a seven, but when you mind your posture you're a definite eight. Also, smiling more couldn't hurt.

t /talking right out of my ass

[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]

Just give everyone a B+. If they complain, raise it to A-.

Nilly -- So, you're not grading yet? (This is the passive-agressive Irish-American form of the question.)

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.

Yeah, usually the ugly one is rich as shit.

somebody please make me go and grade.

Don't look to me. Stay here and chat.

I kind of look forward to the day I'm old enough to be able to say really rude shit to people and get a pass. Of course, I still think the response to relatives who ask why you aren't married yet is "You think anyone would voluntarily join this family?!?"

Nilly -- So, you're not grading yet? (This is the passive-agressive Irish-American form of the question.)

What kind of passive-agressive is it if you say, "Fine. Don't grade. See if I care."?

you're a seven, but when you mind your posture you're a definite eight. Also, smiling more couldn't hurt.

HAH! Awesome. Minding my posture would also help with my stupid upper back pain.

What kind of passive-agressive is it if you say, "Fine. Don't grade. See if I care."

The kind one of my sisters is the master of.

Sheesh, Gud, did he at least give you decent severance?

My folks have stopped asking me when I'm getting married. My various aunts and uncles never started. Since they're not really huge on boundries about other topics, I sometimes wonder if they know something I don't. But on the whole I'm happy with the situation as it stands.