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Across the Fence:  BEAUTY or BRAINS?  |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Feb 15 2008 : 11:36:22 PM
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we're having lots of fun with the 'question game' ..
one of the 'heavier' ones today turned out to be: "if you could spend 24 hours with one person who is no longer living .. who would it be .. and what would you want to find out?"
that opened a lively discussion (interesting .. it often turned out to be one of our parents!)
i thought of one that i'll ask the girls tomorrow: would you rather have 'beauty or brains'? and why? i'm betting 'brains' will mostly win out ... but i'm curious to see if anyone chooses 'beauty' first? how's about your gurlz? (oh .. and it has nothing to do with your 'kindness' or anything like that. jus' simply would you rather be reeeeeeeeeeeeely pretty or reeeeeeeeeeely smart?)
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abbasgurl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rhonda
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2008 : 11:46:21 PM
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Can I be REALLY smart & average looking? As long as I don't have two heads, I'll take smart...Course two heads are said to be better than one. ;)
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2008 : 06:19:16 AM
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I would take brains over beauty.....but I would not want to be 'butt ugly', but acceptable average looking. Brains would give you a leverage of overcoming any faults and working with what you have, but beauty only fades in time.
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gafarmwoman
True Blue Farmgirl
244 Posts
Pam
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2008 : 06:49:55 AM
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I would pick brains too. With all those smarts you could figure out how to look a little better, but with beauty and it fades away, you would still be not so smart and then not so beautiful.
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2008 : 07:46:43 AM
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I would take brains too..then I could use my mind to give myself a makeover. Beauty really is only skin deep-or as deep as the foundation can get!! LOL
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Heather
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CountryBorn
True Blue Farmgirl
1545 Posts
Mary Jane
New York
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2008 : 09:06:32 AM
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Aren't women wondeful!! All of us are brainy already to be able to figure out if you choose brains then you can come up with the answers to being prettier!! Me too.
MJ
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2008 : 09:07:44 AM
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Like Ron White says, "You cain't fix stupid". :)
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2008 : 09:34:53 AM
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I would rather be smart.
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
702 Posts
Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2008 : 09:59:14 AM
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I'd rather be pretty.
I think life in general is easier for people who are attractive, and I think people are more apt to like you if they think you are pretty. It's been my experience that the pretty girls - even the horrible, mean ones - are more popular and go further with less work than average girls. There's even been studies that show that pretty women advance faster in their careers and make more money than other women.
I am not pretty, so I made myself smart through hard work and discipline. In the end, the pretty girls who got C's ended up with the same degree as I did with my A's, and it looked like they had a lot more fun along the way! |
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2008 : 6:22:05 PM
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Actually, I saw on one of those magazine shows that it IS true; people, even small children, act more favorably to someone they think is "pretty"...it doesn't matter if the person is necessarily smart. Hmmm...scary.
Oh boy Frannie, why does it have to be one without the other? 
That said, I like smarts. I really like learning and using that knowledge for something. Plus, when I'm 60 and it's all gone downhill, you at least have some respect for your wisdom  f
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BarefootGoatGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1495 Posts
Corrine
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2008 : 6:27:44 PM
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Brains...because if I really am smart I'll know that it is my heart that makes me beautiful not my face.
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2008 : 6:41:42 PM
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How about pretty smart? Just kidding - I think Jessie has a point. So much of our self-esteem (whether it's right or not) is wrapped up in how people treat us when we're young. I think if your self-esteem is good, then you have the confidence to tackle the world. I know, I was smart in school, (well, to say I got really good grades) but that didn't make up for the bad feelings I had about myself because I was told I wasn't "as good as the other girls" or that my "stomach stuck out like a shelf". I would have given up a 4.0 any day for a compliment when I was a teenager.
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2008 : 7:42:38 PM
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I have often wondered if I had been complimented, even a little bit more, as a young girl, how that would have affected my confidence in myself. Even to this day, I know I am more than capable of doing the job but still struggle some with the "right" look or fitting in "physically" but usually, this dissipates after a few weeks of being somewhere or even lessens as I get older.
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Heather
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl
950 Posts
Elizabeth
Novi
MI
USA
950 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2008 : 8:09:18 PM
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I'd stick with the brains. I'm not a "pretty" girl and that's okay with me but I do wish I had a little more in the brain department. Not that I think I'm stupid or anything I'd just like a little more oomph ;) Life could be easier if I were more pretty but I think of all the things I might have missed out on had my life going a different path and I realize I'm good with how I look...not saying I've never had those moments of vanity wishing I looked different-I don't know that there are many people, women especially, that can say they've never wished something was different about their looks.
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Edited by - Leezard on Feb 16 2008 8:10:25 PM |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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