Female here, and I’m grossed out by my own veins. I don’t have the sticky-out kind, but I have very pale skin so the blue veins look like a road map, which I think is a big “Ew.” I don’t mind them on guys, but every once in a while, they remind me of my own icky veins, and I don’t like thinking about that. So I would say that I like the overall package of a guy with nice strong arms where you can see the veins, but if I was to focus on the individual vein, up close and personal-like, I’d be grossed out. Also, there’s a uniformity issue. A lone vein is weird and gross. Even distribution of veins is key.
Me thinks you need to chill a little. Whether or not you do or don’t have a medical condition really doesn’t matter, the point I was trying to make (and several other people have made) is that it depends on why your veins stick out. IMHO, if you are ultra thin, I find you less attractive than someone with a more normal (not average) body build. Just like everyone else who said that the body-builder veins are less than attractive, I find the extreme opposite also unattractive. If you are otherwise attractive, and aren’t ultra skinny due to some sort of mental issue with body image, a little thin is something I could work with. Hence, the remark about ‘have a hamburger and I’ll think about it’ I never intended to imply that a hamburger would magically add 30# of bodyweight. Chill, dude, chill…its all gonna be OK.
I’ll chime in on the “it’s gross” side, if we’re talking hands. The sight of visiable viens on anyone’s hands upset me, especially my own. I don’t know how I’m going to handle getting to be older with ropy veins on the back of my hands ::shudder::
Everywhere else veins aren’t so bad if you can just see them under the skin, but sticking out is kind of disturbing too.
Eh. I was having a PMSy day when I wrote that. I just get tired of seeing the “oh, just eat a hamburger, would you?” line from people who seem to think that that’s actual useful advice for people they deem are too skinny. It’s not advice, it’s a lazy kind of criticism, and it’s getting stale because I’ve read or heard it used so many times. I’m sorry I snapped at you if I misinterpreted the way you meant it, but dammit, it’s getting old.
I’ve seen that similar “clever” phrases like “Put down the donut and back away slowly” aimed at overweight people are not very well tolerated around here. The same doesn’t appear to be true for the other end of the weight spectrum. And seeing the issue tossed here into a thread that isn’t really about thin people at all, with the additional snarky phrase “Fleshless Wonder,” set me off, so I responded.
I don’t want to hijack this further, so we now return you to your regularly scheduled thread on, uh, veins. Yeah, that’s what it was about, wasn’t it?