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ThatScottishGuy
August 9th, 2013, 09:24 AM
Hey there everyone, could use a bit of advice please.

So, my girlfriend and I have been going out for nearly six months now, and she has suddenly decided that she wants to completely change the way she looks.

Now, this may not seem like such a bad thing, but the way she looks now is the type of girl I am really attracted to. She dresses casually: jeans, converse/vans, t-shirts, jumpers, shorts and skirts. She wants to change to wear beanies, shirts, black jeans and black shorts like in the picture that will follow this post. She also wants to get hair extensions as she wants her hair to reach her backside and wants it to reach midway between her chest and waist at the front. At the moment it reaches about halfway down her back and reaches the bottom of her chest.

She also wants to get her nose pierced with a nose ring, which I DETEST. I hate facial piercings. She bought a fake nose ring and has been wearing it. She knows how much I hate them and she knows how I feel about it, I have told her how much I am strongly against her ruining her beautiful face with a piece of ugly metal, but she is not listening to me whatsoever, which, I suppose is understandable as she it's her life and her choices.

So, my question to you is, what should I do? Should I continue being not okay with her choices? Or should I stop being stubborn and just accept the fact she is going to change regardless of what I believe? Because I fear if she becomes what she says she wants to I no longer be physically attracted to her(I know that is not the only thing that matters but I want to be attracted to my girlfriend). The type of girl she wants to become is not the type of girl I want, I want the girl she is now, the type of girl that made me fall in love with her. Any help/advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks for reading.

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ElliEvens
August 9th, 2013, 10:39 AM
Hum, well this is a difficult question. On one side you say she wants to change her appearance. Well believe me we girls go through fashion changes all the time. I now I dress different now then a few years ago and I will probably dress different in a few years then I dress now.

then you say, "The type of girl she wants to become is not the type of girl I want" well changing the way you are or they types of things you are into and your likes and dislikes "type" is a different thing then changing the way you look.

As horrible as this may sound, people change, so I guess you have to decide if you want to stay with her through the change and love her for her and not the clothes she wears. But also know that no longer being attracted to someone does not make you a bad person. Honestly I think most guys would not have even gone this far to post the question on here. they would just break up with her and move on.

cheerbaby13
August 9th, 2013, 10:46 AM
support her if you love her
it is her decision.

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August 9th, 2013, 12:40 PM
Deal with it? So what she wants to change the way she looks, you should support her through that.

Gumleaf
August 9th, 2013, 06:20 PM
I see where you're coming from, I would be somewhat horrified if a gf I had decided to drastically change her appearance. That being said, you can't be just dating her for her looks. The biggest danger would be if her personality was changing. But if her personality is the same, then I would keep on dating her. You've been dating 6 months, you obviously like eachother a lot. Your relationship must be deeper then the superficial level now. Bluntly I would say, you need to deal with it and give it a go. If it's that troubling for you in a few weeks/months time, then end it.