I dated a guy back in college, Joe, who I thought was drop-dead gorgeous – dark brown hair, blue eyes, 6’2, worked in construction, could really wear a pair of blue jeans, loved dogs…
Unfortunately, he was dumber than a box of rocks. No sense of humor. No charisma. After exactly one date, I realized that beauty wasn’t all that.
Ummm … pics? Anyone? Other than celebrity lookalikes?
Marxxx, I immediately pictured your boss as played by Matt Bomer. And it is just the biggest shame that there is not one single good-looking person in my office. pout Wouldn’t do anything about it, but jeez, it would pretty up a boring day to at least look at a nice butt here and there.
My contributions:
Years ago, I was at the grocery store with my father when we ran into a work colleague of his, an Indian or perhaps Pakistani man, who was there with his two daughters. Both of them were little girls, probably 6 and 8 or so, but when we were leaving, I whispered to my father, “Those girls are going to be so gorgeous when they grow up!” He laughed and agreed, and told me everyone said that about them. I can still remember their faces, especially their thick eyelashes, a mile long, framing huge dark eyes.
Wonder what became of them.
Also, in college, a buddy of ours started dating the single most beautiful girl any of us had ever seen. She had that pixie kind of face, with dainty cheekbones, absolutely perfect skin, and on top of it all, of course, was super-nice and lots of fun to hang out with. The moved to California together and last I heard were still together.
I dunno. Posting “there’s this really good-looking woman that works at my bank” is one thing. Posting “…and here’s some pictures I took of her” seems a little creepy.
My favorite younger cousin, whose 2-year-old-daughter I frequently babysit, is shockingly beautiful. I too wonder what happened between her being an awkward little kid and the insanely hot hottie she is now.
I notice very attractive men around town every now and then, but I rarely see them more than once so I don’t remember them. I saw one yesterday though. Doubt I’ll ever see him again and will forget his existence soon enough.
I don’t think famous people are more attractive; I simply have more opportunity to be reminded of their attractiveness.
Aww, I forgot while typing my other post: a close friend of mine dated a guy who was a dead fucking ringer for Matthew McConaughey. I swear I went slack-jawed when I met him, and I hope the bar was dark enough so he didn’t notice. Absolute lookalike. The eyes, the hair, the abs, the butt … everything. Probably why she stayed with him so long … even after he moved in with her and sponged several thousand dollars off her. He kept saying he’d pay her back … eventually … while batting those beautiful eyes at her. She never did get her money (who’s shocked? anyone?) and told me later that he had a very low sex drive, so she didn’t get to fool around with him all that much anyway. Pretty sure she didn’t get her money’s worth on that one.
There are a few people that I see Generally Around who I think are beautiful. There’s one girl who I think is called Steph, she’s really awesome looking - naturally curly hair and sort of wonky teeth and an amaaaaazing bone structure. It sounds dreadful but it works. Then one day she straightened her hair into one of those hip Anne Widdecombe bowl-cuts and I totally went off her 
Very early in our relationship, my SO and I spent a day at the zoo. (Shameless plug: if you ever find yourself in Omaha, check out the Henry Doorly Zoo. Believe it or not, we can probably go toe-to-toe with any zoo in the country.) Toward the end of our visit, walking ahead of us were two absolutely stunning girls (probably under 18, hence “girls” instead of “women”) in little black dresses. Out of respect for my new girlfriend, I tried not to gawk, but I think even *she *was a little taken aback.
Then we got a little closer and, like PunditLisa’s old beau, it was revealed from their conversation that they were both as dumb as a bag of hammers. Just as well.
It would have to be a woman that I met in San Francisco last year. She had unearthly beauty. It took a huge effort not to stare at her. She’s also smart, funny, and friendly. I was thrilled to get an e-mail from her last week.
The lead violinist in my orchestra. He may be the most handsome man I’ve ever seen, and there’s no question that he’s the most attractive person I see on a regular basis. He’s also super nice, good to talk to and a wonderful musician. He’s got a brother and sister who are almost as stunning.
I had a gynecologist that was far too good looking for comfort. He was absolutely stunning and I couldn’t maintain my, um, ‘disaffection’ sufficiently to continue to have my annual PAP tests with him. I often wondered if other patients had the same visceral response to his professional probing.
I’m not someone who generally takes much notice of someone’s looks - other women appear to notice more often and readily if a man is handsome. However, I did meet a man through a bunch of acquaintances who was stunning. No surprise he was an actor and model. I actually was afraid to speak to him at first (not a problem from which I generally suffer) for fear I’d drool or say something stupid.
I finally was able to chat with him - and like others have said - such a disappointment! He was shallow and kind of dumb. I never looked at him the same way again.
There was a new neurology resident who was really hot, as well as being a good listener and kind doctor. So I was a tad distressed when he first turned off the lights and used that lit scope to look into my eyes, pressing his shoulder against mine each time, and then immediately flipped on the lights and took my blood pressure and heart rate. Yup, he commented (apparently oblivious) on my elevated heart rate. I mumbled something about being out of shape.
As a fellow health-care worker at the medical center, I really felt compelled to suggest that he might want to switch the order of those exams. However, I simply could not figure out a way to explain why without making the both of us uncomfortable. At my next visit, he did the BP check before looking in my eyes, so maybe he figured something out.
I later ran into a former coworker who worked in his department, and mentioned his name; I thought she was about to fan herself to cool down after that. She agreed that my story was pretty funny and understandable.
I go through this all the time - I’m a 39-year-old college student. 
This reminded me of my family doctor when I lived in Texas. He was gorgeous and smart and witty and had a ton of charisma. My mother had the opportunity to meet him when she was down for a visit and I had to laugh because she could barely form a coherent sentence.
It’s been years since she met him and she still talks about “Dr. Pretty.”
My 3rd grader’s teacher is one of the most gorgeous women I’ve seen. She’s almost 6 feet tall and played h.s. and college basketball. She has long blonde hair, big brown eyes, and dimples in her cheeks, always has a bright smile. I’m 36 and she’s probably 24 (it’s her first year teaching), so this is just my dream. When we first stepped in the classroom at the open house before school started, my wife said she noticed my son & I were both drooling and our eyes were as big as saucers. My son never did regain his composure, just standing there looking at her with a glazed-over look.
Last week was parent-teacher conferences and I had to go alone. Didn’t feel bad about that at all. There was nobody scheduled for the time slot after me and the next person was late, so I was able to stretch my 15 minute meeting into 40 minutes. Next week is a Hawaii-themed party at the classroom. I mentioned that it would be cool if they had extra leis to give to the parents because that way I could say I got “leied” by Miss Houdyshell. 
Mrs. Hollister thought it was hilarious. She knows I’d do her.
Ha! I dated a man for a few months who was almost an exact double of Heath Ledger. He was so similar looking he got stopped on the street by people who wanted to know if he was Heath Ledger. Perfect, right? Except he was dumber than wet dirt. Couldn’t hold a conversation, no ability to keep up with current events, just completely boring and dumb. But man, was he ever fun to show off in public!
I think that with few exceptions the most beautiful person that anyone knows is probably someone that isn’t famous. The thing is, seeing someone on screen or on stage, they just don’t seem real, and so much of their image probably isn’t real anyway, but seeing someone in person and not having those preconceived notions about who, and that they aren’t famous not only makes them so much more real, but makes them seem in reach. That said, I’ve met a few people that qualify.
Perhaps the most purely physically beautiful person I’ve ever met was a girl I dated very briefly about 6 years back or so. Like, she was so attractive that I really was kind of in awe and didn’t know how to handle that so… yeah, that didn’t work out. On the opposite end, another one has been one of my closest friends for a long time now, and I’m actually rather surprised that that never really was an impediment to our friendship.
There was a lady in my area, looked 35-40 years old, long dark hair, short-medium height, very curvy but not fat. She drove a white BMW, older model, we passed on the road many times, and I passed by her house every day. There was just something about her that was very sexy. I encountered her in a store one day and just about every man would stop in their tracks to look at her. I don’t know what “it” is exactly, but she had it.
Haven’t seen her around for a few years now.
I don’t find him “stunningly attractive” but there is a fellow in my building that often makes me look twice. He is a snappy dresser, which I love, carries himself with charm and poise and grace, always smiles and says hello, and has dark eyes and dark hair and nice strong hands and a great chin.
Some day I am going to say to him, “You are a GREAT dresser”. I just have to think of how to say it so it doesn’t come off as threatening. I can do it, after all I see him every day so if I was going to stalk him I would have started already, but I just haven’t done it yet. And I think a nice, genuine compliment makes anyone’s day.
** fingers crossed for you **