Thanks Dianne and Chatty!

I have to admit it really took me by surprise in my early 20s, although by my mid-20s I just accepted it. I was really shy once upon a time, and it did take a bit of getting used to. I was raised with that entire litany of "things that girls should do to get a boy interested" that we all were subjected to. Talk about HIS hobbies, etc. etc. I always felt like a fraud being so obviously fake, so I didn't do it. And the guys were probably happy that I wasn't like that! I guess I never bought into the status quo on any front.

Someone once told me that I wasn't particularly pretty, but I was beautiful. I kinda liked that. I think we all need to let our inner beauty shine through, and spend less time trying to look/act like everybody else, or the elusive artificial standard that's no one.