'I Have a Mirror': Woman Sharing Dating Woes to Attractive Friend Praised

The internet has backed a woman who complained that beautiful women aren't aware that women not as pretty as them are treated differently by society.

In a post shared Wednesday on Mumsnet, the woman, who goes by the username UglyNameChange, said her "beautiful" friend got into a relationship a short time ago. The friend then told the poster that she should be in one too because she knows how much she wants it.

Her friend suggested that she should just go to a bar and get "chatted up with men." But the poster was not impressed with the advice.

"I'd just had to laugh, and asked her does she remember any man to ever have done that before and why would [it] suddenly have changed. I think I accidentally made things awkward because she went really quiet. She pretty much can go anywhere and men will start up [a] conversation or get asked out."

While some women are just born beautiful, others spend loads of money every month to try to look better. Coupon website Dealsonhealth has highlighted a few statistics on beauty trends. For example, women in the U.S. spend a significant amount on beauty products, up to $3,756 each year. Other statistics show that women spend around $313 per month on such products, which adds to about $225,360 throughout their lifetime.

Forty-eight percent of millennials use skin care products with CBD (cannabidiol) oil, and 35 percent of women 60 or older use makeup products every day. Ninety-six percent of beauty brands are active on social media.

Further down in the comments, the poster explained that her main issue is not self-esteem. "I have a mirror, I know what beauty standards are, I can be honest and still love myself. Self-esteem won't fix genes. It's a bit rude to ignore it as just a self-esteem issue."

In the 149 comments on the thread, most users agreed with the poster on beautiful women's lack of understanding about how less attractive women are treated. Fluffygreenslippers said: "In my experience no they don't. I've been a size 6 and a size 22 and being pretty, young and skinny was like a different world, I was treated like a minor celebrity. If I had been a size 6 all my life I would have taken it for the norm."

Allmarbleslost added: "No I don't think that they do realise op. Have you thought about online dating at all? I have a couple of friends who met their partners that way - much better than alcohol fuelled conversations in a bar!"

Another user, TheLeadbetterLife, commented: "They don't realise, how could they? On the other hand though, I don't envy beautiful women. They get a rougher deal in a lot of ways from what I can tell, because they are given special treatment on account of their looks (through no fault of their own), which is a precarious thing."

The user went on, "I've only ever been judged by my brains and abilities, because my looks are nothing special. Therefore I don't feel like I have anything to lose as I get older, and my success or failure is within my own control."

UWhatNow said: "My [daughter] has 'pretty privilege' - she is naturally very empathetic so has an idea but she has been so used to a certain level of attention and preferential treatment all her life so it would be difficult to know the opposite. Her beauty however is not without its problems - she's very lonely because it's hard to make friends - girls think she'll be a bitch and/or a threat (which she's neither) and men only see her looks not her lovely nature."

The user continued, "She gets freebies and upgrades without asking but also gets harassed by men the minute she steps out the door - she is pestered all the time in public. Therefore she is very distrustful and fearful of men and has to be really careful where she goes. As a teenager I would chaperone her everywhere but she felt like a prisoner and it affected her mental health."

Newsweek was not able to verify the details of the case.