Wait what? I consistently feel more beautiful when I’m dating someone, and I have only dated men. The men I date consistently tell me how beautiful I am.

When I’m single, I don’t generally see myself as very pretty. I generally stop caring. But when I’m with someone, they tell me I’m the most beautiful woman they’ve ever met, most beautiful in the world, most beautiful in the room, etc. They tell me I’m gorgeous, that I’m a 10, that I’m unbelievably sexy. I had a Ford model I dated tell me I was so beautiful he could look at me all day. This was a huge ego boost.

But when I’m single, my beautiful days feel like a thing of the past. I think maybe I’m losing my beauty. But then I know, more likely than not, I’ll meet another guy who sees me as more beautiful than I see myself. I also know that what I think of my own beauty matters 0. All that matters is whether I have enough of this beauty resource to get the men I want.

If I wasn’t dating, my looks would not matter. I’m not attracted to women, so if I wasn’t dating men, I might as well look like a total wreck. It would be irrelevant.