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why do i feel more beautiful when i go to a different country?

people say i’m pretty, one guy said i was gorgeous, but i just think i’m average looking. Yeah, i kind of have low self esteem, mainly because i feel i’m not “pretty enough” to get a boyfriend. (i’m a teenage girl, i think about boys, savvy?) i went to italy a few days ago, and i literally felt people stare at me. Guys and girls. Whether it was on the train or when i walk by. I dont know if they were good or bad stares, but i somewhat liked it. I remember i was passing by a cute Italian guard,probably in his 20’s, and he whispered ‘beautiful’ when i walked by. Why is it that i feel like crap in the states, but if i go somewhere else i feel more confident? I was starting to think that i am sort of pretty but the feeling just faded away. I would just love to get out of America (nice place, but for some reason i get emotionally drained here) and go somewhere else. I’m only 16 so i’m not talking about moving but just to travel. Ugh, i really hate it here, and i don’t know why

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Baron Scary offline Verified User (2 years) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
An Unknown Location | 9 months, 1 week ago (1 minute after post)

i found the same thing while i was in england. people seem to be attracted to people who seem different or maybe out of place. i mean, austrailians love canadians for some reason.

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An Unknown Location | 9 months, 1 week ago (55 minutes after post)

People are attracted to something exotic, so if you are fair you are something different to the native olive skinned beautiful Italian women.

The reason you may feel more confident traveling is that on holidays, away from the usual doom and gloom of routine life, we are more happy, spontaneous and confident. That’s why there are so many holiday romances!

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