Ugly duckling,have u ever felt this way?

The old Frank Sinatra song never had it right! "You must have been a beautiful baby, 'cos baby, look at you now" Over the years I have noticed that girls who were beautiful in school days are rather plain looking as they age, and conversely, those who were plain in their young days blossom into very attractive older women.

Hi anne! I think you look pretty.. I've always been the ugly duckling because of dark skin. In high school I became a muse of our section but the guy who was supposed to be my escort ditched me at the parade and try guessing who won? A popular girl with fair and white skin. The same happened 3 times and the experience really crushed my confidence. But now whenever I attent high school reunion they say how beautiful and sexy I am, and they are really surprised that I am now a mother.

Everyone has had a bad hair day or just a day that their confidence level is lower. You know how the old sayings go, right? "Beauty is Only Skin Deep" "True Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder" and Helen Keller said, "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched ... but are felt in the heart." Here are some confidence quotes I liked: Eleanor Roosevelt said," No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give it." "It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not." "It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to." ~W.C. Fields "Confidence is preparation. Everything else is beyond your control." ~Richard Kline And my favorite: "God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily." ~Author Unknown

Why do you think you are a swan now ??

Its worse when your "PARENTS" tell you that "You looked like an Ugly Duckling" and they Laugh like its funny :(

I've been an ugly duckling most of my life. I'm a twig in elementary, a nerd in highschool and a nobody in college. But the truth is I never even tried improving or cared on how I look. I'm too busy sticking my nose in books, and dealing with school works. But without even trying, I usually end up being class muse. Naks! lol But nevertheless I still felt ugly. When I got married and started having kids, that's when I felt most beautiful. Some people thought I'm still single, and most can't believe I have 3 kids already. But i think it's because having a family of my own and being a stay home mom, gives me satisfaction. And that makes me glow.

Im a afraid that is something we all go through. Its called matureing and turning into an adult. But not all of are as lucky as you. In my opinion we should not measureing our beauty and how we look, but instead look at the beauty on the inside. Beuty is only skin deep.

I believe beauty is only skin deep, whats inside a person is worth 10 times more that whether the're pretty or not. I'm not a pretty person by a long shot and quite honestly it doesnt bother me one way or another people like me for who I am not what I look like tc happy posting xx

I always felt like an ugly duckling. It didn't help when my parents called me one. Have I changed? I don't think so, but other people might.

I was a cute kid, but everytime it came to family photos, I would have a fall and hurt myself, usually around the face. Once I knew we had class photos to do and I decided to cut my own hair. I must have been about 7 or 8. God , what a bad hair day I had that day. I am now a swan.

well i guess everyone goes through change, and if your told you are beautiful now then thats all that matters :D. i have had quite a few girlfriends who have all been very good looking so i would say they must think im good looking, but i dont like to say i am because im not big headed but complimeets are nice!

It's called puberty honey. I've been through that like everybody else did. And it really sucks. I had very small self-esteem. I even thought of growing old and dying alone. Well, when you get more mature, you'll even more understand what I mean. Good day!

Well, I have had that ugly duckling feeling, but I don't feel like a swan just yet. I have my own self-esteem issues that I need to work through first. I don't see myself as beautiful, and I know that's something I need to work through. I have such a poor self image because of some things that have happened in the past.

I was fat when i was young..now i look ok..

Yes I have felt like this all my life until I meet my wonderful husband. He makes me feel pretty.

Its a negative side of the thought.... its nature which makes it happen.... GOd's every creation is unique ..

I felt that im an ugly duckling when i was in high school, ive lost my self confidence and i always hide inside my shell, inferiority complex occupied the whole me and because of that ive lost the chance to enjoy my High school days unlike other teeners who said that it was their best years!!!

I never felt very ugly because I never focused on the mirror. Hahaha. Eat well, sleep well and relax. Don't bother by all the things you think. Also, avoid being upset of what you are now.

yeah, i have experienced it. when i was young til now, my mother would say that maybe my younger sisters would get married ahead of me because they are pretty. but i really dont get offended because i know its true. but when i was in high school, thats the time that i heard that there are some classmates of mine who have crushes on me and from then on..i know that im not an ugly duckling. we are all beautiful in different ways.

Well i'm sad about your relationship with your ex-bf. But past is a past, be gratefull that relationship is ended at this stage. Thing would be lot worse if this happens in marriages. think about it. btw, you are cute.