Repeat after me: Everyone has different taste. Everyone has different taste. Everyone has different taste. Got it? Good. Remember that. I cannot emphasize enough how much this simple thing has affected me my entire life, as I'm sure it has affected anyone reading this as well. Someone you find absolutely gorgeous might be completely average in someone else's eyes, and someone you find average might be completely gorgeous to someone else. Even further, some people do not even care about looks. You cannot tell me that you talked to someone and got to know them and they became a hundred million times cuter than they were before. I'm hoping after you read this article you look at people in a different way.

Stop asking for pictures of people's significant others

It is honestly sad that this has to be a rule. Society has taught people that they have to date someone good-looking. By a show of hands how many of you have told someone that you had a crush on someone and they said "Ewwww!"? Yeah, I'm sure this has happened to every single one of you. When you ask someone for a picture of their boyfriend/girlfriend you are insinuating that you want to see if they are attractive or not. A lot of people are hesitant to this because they are afraid of being shunned for who they care about. THIS IS SO AWFUL! I am guilty of this too because I am extremely nosey and want to know exactly who I am talking about by putting a face with a name. Just trust that they like them for a reason. You aren't the one dating them, now are you?

Different Tastes

Everyone likes different things. Everyone has different things they look for in people. If everyone liked the same exact thing there wouldn't have been a Jacob vs. Edward battle when Twilight was popular. Accept this! You should NEVER discourage someone from pursuing a person just because you do not think they are attractive. Once again, you are not the dating them!

Look below the surface, people!

Don't get me wrong, I am not at all opposed to attractive people. Although at the same time I am also not opposed to people that you might not pick out of a crowd solely based on their looks. Some of the greatest people I have ever met I would not have called extremely attractive from first glance. As I got to know them, I realized that I liked their personality so much that their looks were not as important and I actually even found them more attractive than before. Need I bring up the cliche "can't judge a book by it's cover"? It's true!!! Looks fade, personality is forever!