do good looking people have an easier life?

question is in the title 🙂 do you think better looking people (defined by the society in which you count yourself a member of’s common view of what is deemed physically attractive) have an easier life?

better jobs?
more opportunities?
happier relationships?
mental health?
more confidence?
easier to sleep your way up the job ladder?
etc etc etc and so on….

do you think of yourself as a physically attractive person? if so are you one of those people who likes to only socialise with other attractive people?

EDIT – always wanted to ask this so might as well…. did your opinion of your own physical attractiveness influence your choice of partner? old friend who’s now at uni lost 9 stone over 2 years and the more weight he lost the higher he set his standards for women.

I’ve never struggled. I’m stunning. 😉

i had a friend at uni who was really hot.

she would often get stuff for free/ discount.

used to get bogof on parking tickets!

I realy don’t think so no, I thnk life can be difficult or easy regardless of looks.

*Puts feet up on desk. Reaches for lovely fresh espresso….*

In the work world at least I think it can help people get through the door. However, if they are not very good they quickly get found out and removed just like the rest of us.

*has someone lift feet on desk and pour espresso into mouth*

I’ve never struggled. I’m stunning.

Stop talking and just take my money, you handsome brute!

If you looked like this:

it’d be easier to pull than if you looked like that:

I bloody hope not. I look like an enormous thumb.

Some very good looking people may get more, but in my experience that’s because they expect more.

*asks punkah wallah to up the pace a little. Nibbles on a peeled grape*

it’d be easier to pull than if you looked like that….

The leveller.

In all seriousness, I’m probably considered OK looking – own hair and teeth, good skin and well groomed, everything in the right place. I’ve done some modeling work for travel brochures and TV adverts.

I know full well that looking good will get me further in business, which is why I dress and groom accordingly.

In my line of work, I deal with a lot of marketing and PR companies and departments, the majority of which are staffed mostly by women. Looking OK and dressing well certainly opens more doors than if I was less fortunate looking.

I’ve done some modeling work for travel brochures and TV adverts.

POIDH.

depending on the industry in which you work i think everyone will have different experiences of it, but i’ve sat in many meetings in which the boss/bosses have discussed using the more attractive people in certain roles…. and in pretty much every situation those roles have been better with regards to pay and promotion opportunities. sales would be a good example of this would it not?

CaptainFlashheart – Member

POIDH.

What does that mean?

Oh, OK… I’ve got some of the brochures here somewhere. Gimme a minute…
Or if you’re in Blackpool, I’m told there’s a 10ft high pic of me somewhere down on the seafront… Oh yeah, classy!

lol lets not get carried away by demanding shibbies fap catalogue… i’ve got serious questions up there!

OK, purely to dispel The Captain’s doubt, I’m the fella in green on the top main pic, and I’m wearing yellow on second r/h pic, also dining with my lovely fake wife on the left…

Sorry about the pic quality, blackberry cam ain’t brill…

I still say this can go either way, ‘well groomed and nice clothes is good for business’ maybe not, if someone came to service my tractor in a designer suit and hair gel I would be worried!

I have a femal friend who is very, very, atractive but a commited loner and preffers life on her own, she gets sick of men ‘hitting on her’ (excuse the Americanism) she is always getting inappropriate comments and unwelcome attention.

So for her good loooks are not making life any easier.

Do good looking people have an easier life – Yes. Everything runs more smoothly but it can work against you as well on occasion.

supertramp – Member

I still say this can go either way, ‘well groomed and nice clothes is good for business’ maybe not, if someone came to service my tractor in a designer suit and hair gel I would be worried!

I can’t fix tractors… 😥

One thing I will say, an nice smile wins people over more often than a miserable countenance. Happy, smiling people are usually considered better looking that miserable t***s.

In the work world at least I think it can help people get through the door. However, if they are not very good they quickly get found out and removed just like the rest of us.

Pretty much this I think. All other things being equal I reckon it’ll put people a step ahead but it won’t necessarily cover for deficiencies.

I’m glad I’m a minger.

Good looking people will never know if they’re getting on in life because someone fancies them or because they’re actually good at what they do. Luckily for me there’s no chance of the former happening and everything I achieve is based on my capabilities.

Which probably explains why I’m such a hopeless failure.

I’d say if you are a woman then definitely, doesn’t make too much difference as a man though. For men, money is what counts it seems, looks are irrelevant. How many men do you see, say, driving ferraris, who may be ugly as sin but have a stunning wife/gf etc…

How many men do you see, say, driving ferraris, who may be ugly as sin but have a stunning wife/gf etc…

All the time…

I don’t know about something as subjective as being good looking, but there is considerable evidence that taller people get paid more.

Seems to work OK for me, I’m 6’3″ 🙂

And people with all their own hair. Bastards.

Perhaps it’s about time all us ugly, balding, bespectacled goppers get together and unite against the tall, good looking stunners of the world with their perfect hair and teeth and their little button noses. We’ll even allow shorties in. Come brothers, rise up with me (here’s a chair) and we will rebel against this superficial obsession with appearance and drive this curse from our land!!!

How many men do you see, say, driving ferraris, who may be ugly as sin but have a stunning wife/gf etc…

At least nil this last lifetime.

i’d be with you on that one samuri… but i’m waay too sexy to hang around with you lot 😈

interesting about the tall thing if its true!

anybody willing to answer the question i edited into the opening post?

Shib, that’s not modelling, you’re a background artiste!

The tallest candidate always wins in American presidential elections

Actually, there’s a fairly well established research field in Lookism.

Looks help and so does height

Well it worked for my wife…she got me! 😀

CharlieMungus – Member

Shib, that’s not modelling, you’re a background artiste!

I’m not prepared to post any more detailed shots, or links to any of the TV work… FFS, I’ve put my head on the block by posting those!

If you’re that interested, you can go down to Blackpool Prom and you’ll probably be able to count my blackheads! 😀

The tallest candidate always wins in American presidential elections

Did you just make that up? Was Geoerge W. Really taller than John Kerry?

I was about to ask the same, CM!

Answered

Can anyone see that

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Election_heights_1798-2004.png

And people with all their own hair. Bastards.

What if you’ve got it in a carrier bag in your hand? Does that count?