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10 years ago I told my girlfriend I’d get her to admit she’s beautiful one day. She’s my wife now, and I still haven’t managed it. I’m glad she’s going to therapy now to try to get a better self image, but I’d have kept trying for the rest of my life regardless.

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rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
You haven’t tried the classic “if you’re beautiful say what”?

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- Signtist@bookwyr.me ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I almost got her with something similar a couple days ago, but she caught on.
  
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- HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  “Huh? No.”
  
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- Janx@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  What?
  
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Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I tell her nearly every day, my kids have joined in. She still refuses to believe it.

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- Little1Lost@gehirneimer.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  maybe try asking if she trusts your (and your kids) judgement, if she says yes follow up with the compliment
  If she says no maybe try to direct it like everything you say is wrong and then give a very obvious "anti-compliment"
  
  It should at least give a new reaction
  
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RBWells@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I tell my husband he sees with the eyes of love. Of course what he sees is better than what I see, but I still think I’m closer to objective about my looks. So while I absolutely appreciate his perception of my looks, no I don’t trust it.

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- Signtist@bookwyr.me ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Yeah, my wife will often respond with “I know you think I’m beautiful” which I think means the same thing. But that’s kinda the point - beauty isn’t objective. If someone can see you’re beautiful, that means you’re beautiful, because we’re the ones who made up the concept, so we get to decide what meets the cutoff. Now, yes, that means you can decide that you don’t meet the cutoff, but why do that?
  
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