I think how you feel about someone emotionally can strongly affect whether or not you find them beautiful. I can appreciate when someone is attractive or "hot" but the only people I have considered truly "beautiful" are those who I really do like as people as well. Someone who isn't so conventionally good-looking can be infinitely more beautiful than the most perfectly-formed woman in existence.
I hate to bring out the old 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'-cliché but... I think you look at someone differently when you actually feel something about them. It's almost like their "inner beauty" shines through.
Physically, I think you 'see' beauty in the face; in particular, the eyes. When you look deep into their eyes and think, "Wow, they're beautiful," that's when you know.
Mine's a Belhaven Best, if you're buying.
As it happens, I'm a maths student who doesn't own a ruler. I'm afraid any measurement I gave you would be a guess at best.
You haven't included a metric.
My grandfather re-married when all his children were grown and my dad went on to marry his step-sister (both couples still married).
It all comes down to age: how old were you when the two families merged? If you were raised from children under the same roof and treated practically as brother and sister then there are issues (in fact, it's illegal in Scotland).
If you were both, say, teenagers and started to have feelings for each other, it's probably understandable. With adults, no foul.
I have a step-sister and I've known her pretty much all my life. I think of her now as my sister, and I am an uncle to her son. It would be morally questionable for me to now have a relationship with her (even though we weren't raised under the same roof).
Grey area.
Yeah, we like biting. Never drawn blood before, but people do get carried away sometimes.
Listening to BBC Radio 1Xtra. Currently 'Take Care (feat Rihanna)' by Drake.
I support Livingston Football Club but that's actual football, not this American nonsense. :P
Bienvenue, Claire!
I hope you start to love Lush as much as we all do and that you stick around long enough for us to get to know you. We will do our utmost to make you feel welcome.
I've got to say, when I was a bit younger it just wasn't so difficult to get drunk that I had to resort to these methods. And I'm still young!
Hell, if you were reasonably tall and could grow a bit stubble, there were plenty of stores that would sell you booze directly. The police didn't even mind half the time as long as you weren't in the street hassling people. Many a good night has been had in a children's play-park with a bottle of cheap cider.
From Spongebob Squarepants:
Squidward: Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow?
Mr Krabs: What is today but yesterday's tomorrow?
I'm not a 'Gal' but...
I didn't have sex with anyone on NYE, sadly, but I did share a bed with a guy, and I did cuddle him a bit. He's my best friend and he's very cuddly (and I was drunk enough to tell him so).
I've got a bit of a beard going on and I love it (as does my girlfriend, as long as I keep it reasonably trimmed).
If you think it will help you to feel good about yourself, then go for it. How you feel about yourself and the way you look is much more important than what anyone else thinks.
The good thing about beards is that if you decide it's not working for you or it's starting to irritate you, you can very easily get rid of it (and start from scratch, if you desire).