# Chicks dig scars. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811 "2002-09-10T16:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/1 "2002-09-10T16:20:15Z")
Do they? And if so, how much of that attraction revolves around the source of the scar? For instance, I’ve got a scar on my left cheek. Here’s the story: When I was little, my parents would drop me off at a Nanny’s, which was an old lady who basically had people drop their kids off at her place. She had a Dalmation. One day, I decided I wanted to play with a toy the dalmation was sleeping on, and the dalmation decided he wanted to see what my face tasted like. Now, if instead, I said something like this: Yeah, one night back in high school, some guys jumped my friend an I downtown. One of them had a knife and managed to get me in the face. But that’s alright, I beat him senseless with a bicycle chain, so I figure I got the good end of the deal. Does something like the second story make the scar more appealing, or does its presence alone do all the work? ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/2 "2002-09-10T16:29:56Z")
You’re aiming low, **EER** - _“I saved the President from armed terrorists, and prevented them from releasing a deadly virus. The leader of the terrorists grazed me with a bullet in our final showdown as I killed him with my bare hands, and now I’ve got this scar to remember him by… but the Secret Service says I really shouldn’t talk about it. Enough about me, though… how YOU doin’?”_ That should just about do it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elephant\_shoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@elephant\_shoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elephant_shoes)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/3 "2002-09-10T16:33:15Z")
Well, this chick digs the scars, that’s for sure. On your face? Even better. I’m not sure what it is, exactly… but I do find myself focussing on that part of my man’s face when we’re up close and personal. Whether I stroke it lightly with my finger, or kiss it, whatever… It draws my attention… like the mole between his shoulderblades, or the bump on his elbow that just doesn’t seem quite right. What I’m not keen on though, is a fella who lies to me, just to be a little more impressive. Don’t tell me you were thrown through a plate glass window, if you were only playing Superman, and smashed through the coffee table. I’m next to you because of the goofball that you are… Scars and all. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/4 "2002-09-10T16:33:47Z")
I’m a chick, and I dig scar stories. Now for your two stories, I would posit that the first and original story is what makes the scar appealing. Scars from fights are, on the whole, relatively boring, particularly when it’s all about beating the shit out of someone. But trying to snatch a toy from the babysitter’s Dalmatian? That’s good stuff. Which is why I love all those “worst pain of your life” and “stupid injuries” threads that pop up from time to time. On preview: I like \*\*Lightnin’\*\*s suggestion, but I still wager the Dalmatian eating your face wins every time. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/5 "2002-09-10T19:16:37Z")
Scars? How about getting busted between the eyes with a 48" wrench when your pipe tongs broke wile roughnecking on a South Texas rig? 8 stitches. All my friends want to buy that one from me. Or getting bit but good on the ti… uhhh chest by an Afghan? Or a compound fracture of your leg after sliding off a cliff and onto a dry Austin creekbed? Rip your arm open on barbed wire running from a bull? Fist went through a window for a dozen more stitches. The backs of my elbows look like dried worms from repetitive scars. Slice across the knee from surgery after sports injury? And 88 stitches across my underarm to remove a birthmark… I know, that one’s lame. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/6 "2002-09-10T19:29:26Z")
I’m not into scars really…I’m more into the story of daring behind them. I don’t know why, but I have a tendency to fall for the “bad boys” (and yes, I know these rarely work out, but hey, I’ve had just as much difficulty with the other ones, too). Tell me a good (and truthful) story of daring…and I’m all yours. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/7 "2002-09-10T19:29:26Z")
I’m not into scars really…I’m more into the story of daring behind them. I don’t know why, but I have a tendency to fall for the “bad boys” (and yes, I know these rarely work out, but hey, I’ve had just as much difficulty with the other ones, too). Tell me a good (and truthful) story of daring…and I’m all yours. ---
**Author:** ![Romola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@Romola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romola)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/8 "2002-09-10T21:12:02Z")
The presence of the scar alone is what is attractive, at least for me (highlight of the bloody snooze fest that was Braveheart: the guy with the scar on his face. Yum!). Case in point: my husband has a very long, thick, sexy scar from the bottom of his ear that runs almost to his clavicle. Origin: small surgical scar as an infant. We do have a running joke between us that when I ask him where he got his scar, he scowls and grunts “Knife fight.” So, the story really isn’t that important, but the location and quality of the scar (and the person who owns the scar) is. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/9 "2002-09-10T22:06:10Z")
I don’t think scars are cool at all. I mean, it’s just hardened tissue covering up a wound, and some of them look pretty bad, especially on the face. Most likely I wouldn’t notice scars on a guy unless they were huge, in an obvious place, or he told me. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/10 "2002-09-10T23:34:56Z")
I have a few from a recent confrontation… One on my left temple, one across my nose (thankfully not all that large) and one just above my right eye. My gf doesn’t mind… Didn’t think it would be a problem. Something to remember what **not** to do while downtown. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/11 "2002-09-11T11:59:25Z")
\ No, no. The man we want is the one who gave him those scars. \ ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/12 "2002-09-11T14:20:36Z")
well i like scars. the story isn’t the important part really. just the fact that there IS one and she knows it. thus sharing your history and some intimacy. i’m with the moliest man alive, and i love knowing that I know where they are better than he does. i love his chipped tooth (trying to open a beer bottle while drunk) and the scar on his chin (falling down a flight of stairs while drunk). they give character and show how your life has shaped you a little. one of my friends has large scars on his face from an explosion, and although the reason for them is quite mundane he’s found that they really give him an edge with the girls. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/13 "2002-09-12T01:58:38Z")
[sub]mine came from opening a can of cat food[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/14 "2002-09-12T02:51:14Z")
Scars? Well… they add character. I get really squeamish about some stories though. Give me a general idea of how you got it and I’m fine… but tell me in graphic detail and you’re likely to have me swooning over you from a faint stomach rather than your bravery and/or stupidity ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/15 "2002-09-12T02:57:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Obsidian Flutterby \* > **Scars? Well… they add character.** Well, then I’ve got a **lot** of character! Acid burns, knife wounds, surgical scars aplenty. I’ve yet to find anyone who thought my scars were cool, though. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/16 "2002-09-12T04:33:58Z")
Well, everywoman I’ve shown it to has been quite impressed with my circumcision scar.;j ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/17 "2002-09-12T05:55:08Z")
Kind of off-topic, but I have a question. The quote- “Pain is fleeting. Chicks dig scars. But glory lasts forever” Where did this quote originate? ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vampire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Space\_Vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vampire)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/18 "2002-09-12T07:56:49Z")
IMDB says The Replacements. Funny, I looked it up because it sounded really familiar, but I’ve never seen the movie. Maybe it was in the ads. ---
**Author:** ![Ssarl\_the\_happy\_Martian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Ssarl\_the\_happy\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ssarl_the_happy_Martian)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/19 "2002-09-12T09:39:13Z")
I honestly don’t have scars! Seriously! Although I may get one from the rather large red thing that’s been developing near my ankle ever since I fell through the roof of a shed - ripping one panel of the roof off on THREE SIDES yet somehow only meeting the jagged corregated iron with that mercifully insensitive body part - retrieving a boomerang on Sunday. It was not my shed, either, it belonged to the footy club and I’m not even a member! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811/20 "2002-09-12T10:47:39Z")
I think the quote was “Wounds heal. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever.” Somehow I can’t picture Keanu Reeves saying “fleeting.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicks-dig-scars/127811.md?page=2)