Ugly Betty

Last night I watched a new show that is on ABC called “Ugly Betty”.

I was just watching it waiting for my most favorite show to come on (GreyÂ’s Anatomy). Ugly Betty had some funny moments in it, but as I sat on the couch watching it I realized, even though the character of Betty was mostly over exaggerated, it is very truthful as to how society perceives people and how they act towards them.

If you are not thin or beautiful they look down on you. You might not get that job or promotion you deserve, forget getting any special treatment or even acknowledged for that fact.

People tend not to be so helpful to those who are unattractive or shall we say not up to standard with the “ideal” or “dream” like standards.

Like being a size 2 will make you love anyone better than someone who is a size 18 – or even makes you any smarter or kinder. Lets face it the average size is a 14.

I have been in very similar situations like Ugly Betty. It is very hurtful. These people won’t even give you a chance because of the way you look not because of who you are. They are missing out – Big TimeJustybe…..just maybe, if they got to know you, just gave you that chance to know who you are inside, how you feel and what you think --- They would really like you. Maybe they would be attracted to you as a person and what you have to offer instead of what you look like on the outside that don’t make you the person you are.

For those of us who have truly been through this our whole lives and have experienced this heartache over and over again, we do tend to try a little harder to get that acceptance. Sometimes we go above and beyond what most people would do, or how most people would act, just because we want to be given that chance.

This can be good and bad at the same time. The good part being that given the chance we have all the love in the world to give. We tend to treat others as we would like to be treated and how we would love to feel. The bad part is that we get taken advantage of because of this. Because we are looking for that acceptance we are willing to please and that is a very easy target to take advantage of. It is a vicious cycle.

I tend to be very careful and protective of my inner-self because of that. I put on a strong and tough outside shell. Nothing bothers me, everything is just fine but that is so at all. IÂ’m hurting, IÂ’m sad, IÂ’m upset I just wonÂ’t allow myself to reveal that. Why is that? Because, people like to hang with happy people, fun people, not people who complain and bitch all the time.