Would You Consider Me Pretty

Why are you so pretty?

A2AI do get asked this question, not often but once in a while. Though I instantly blush when some one asks me this and it's greatly humbling, I really don't know how to respond. I get stumped.When some says “ You are so pretty.”If I say just “Thanks”, will that not be rude.If I say, “Thanks, I know”, will I not be considered a narcissist.If I say, “Thanks, am not that pretty though”. Some might consider it as me being humble but majorly, I will be branded as “What a show off. Look at her still fishing for compliments.”:)Let me tell you one thing very honestly. I do consider myself average looking, At times on a good hair day, may be slightly above average. I might feel borderline pretty. Some days I look at the mirror and say “not bad Mala” and that's about it. :))But me being pretty doesn't make me great or anything.Yes, it's a great feel good at the same time a humbling compliment but what have I done to earn it. The only thing I can think of is thanks to my parents (or genes). :)Who doesn't like to be complimented on? Compliments are necessary to make someone's day but I would prefer pretty inside out rather than just pretty. That will make me even more happier.Just being honest here.Cheers. :)

Why don't you consider yourself beautiful when you are?

First, I want to thank Kate, Hamza, Antonio, Dan, and Iuliana for their awesome comments on this answer Christina V. Oderschvank's answer to Why did God bless you with such beauty?I didn’t expect people to have an actual reaction to the fact that I said that my face is mediocre. That was very interesting to read, and the reason why I didn’t reply to your comments was the fact that my daughter had a problem, and started crying, so I had to be there for her. To hold, and soothe her.That being said, I want to answer this request in order to explain why I said that my face is mediocre. It wasn’t because I wanted people to comment, and stroke my massive ego (lmao!), or because I’m insecure, or have low self-esteem. It has to do with my mother, and with the fact that everytime a boy would tell me that I’m beautiful, I’d go to her and tell her what the boy said, and she would roll her eyes and say “Pff! Boys always lie with such things. You’re not beautiful, and your face is nothing special. You’re pretty, but that’s it. You look more like a little boy, than like a little girl. I was truly beautiful, but no one told me that, ever, so why would you believe such a lie, when you’re not even that good-looking to begin with”? Yes, these were my mother’s words, I sh*t you not. Starting the age of 8, and up until 18, when she said that my deviated septum always made my face look “ugly-ish”, and that I should get it fixed. I didn’t because “F*ck you, mom! I do what I want.”.I internalized her words in regards to my face. I think that I’m pretty, but I don’t consider myself beautiful. I actually have a hard time seeing “my beauty” (writing that made me laugh). Also, I think that I look like a man sometimes. Ha! Thanks mom for that too!Am I sad about all of this?No. I don’t care about my face. It is what it is. Most guys seem to like it. And I never had trouble getting a date, a boyfriend, a husband, etc. I’m pretty sure that I would be able to get a wife, if I wanted that.The positive in my mother’s f*ckery is that I developed a personality. I read books, and learned things. I didn’t rely on “my looks”, because in my head I had nothing to rely on, except for my intelligence. So there’s that too.I will end my answer here. Now you know a little bit more about me.Thanks for the request!