Your parents are so wise.
Dont forget that beauty is in the beholder. Some guys may find me blah, others may find me cute and others may think Im a goddess (

) but overall, heart is what makes a person truly beautiful inside and outside.
Heart is what I go for. Due to my experiences, I have come to see that looks never give me any indictation of whether they have a loving and big heart or not.
Of course it does help if they are cute but it is not a MUST. We cannot deny that sexual chemistry is important to us but we can learn how to look beyond their looks to truly have a healthy dating or serious relationship. I have dated shorter-than-me men, bald men, chubby men, too thin men, etc - I ignored all their superficial flaws and got great dates out of it
I see so many people putting up with their super gorgeous dates - I cannot fathom why they would want to put themselves through misery of dealing with a date who is egotiscal, downright nasty, bad mannered, narrow minded, selfish etc only because of their looks? I would love to know the answer to that!