Dating for ugly men

Tip: Sign In to save these choices and avoid repeating this across devices.You can always update your preferences in the Privacy Centre.What led to me filing for divorce had soured me to handsome men, to any man who might resemble a politician. Eighteen years my senior, Simon was tanning-bed tan and bald.He wore glasses with those transition lenses that took too long to lose their tint, and he always had visible nose hair, which he’d try to tuck back into his nostrils instead of just plucking.The first time I noticed the look, Simon and I hadn’t been dating that long.We were in Oxford, MS celebrating his birthday, and I watched the same exact look pass over the faces of the hotel clerk, the bookstore cashier, and the server at an upscale restaurant on the town square.I often hid behind my glasses, slinging my hair over my face in a concerted effort to keep any attention off of me.

He was hard of hearing, though he wouldn’t admit it, and he talked exceptionally loud.

I’d always prided myself on valuing personality over looks, so I showed up for my first date with him, nervous and unsure.

When he kissed me, shortly after I walked through his front door, I squeezed my eyes shut and paid attention to his tongue, lolling and cumbersome in my mouth like a slug, and felt relieved that that was out of the way.

My husband, unlike all the men I’d dated before him, was handsome.

In the early days of us dating, he’d often catch me looking at him.