r/uglyduckling • u/redditpigeons • 7h ago
[13-19] i don’t understand how I even looked that bad
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u/traintozynbabwe 7h ago
That’s just puberty friend! Plus instead of being a boring person you got to develop an awesome personality and see people for more than their looks :)
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u/selinda123 7h ago
You didn't. You looked like a normal cute little girl.
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u/_FNAF_Foxy_ 5h ago
🤨🤨🤨
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u/wormy_Burroughs 2h ago
by responding this way to an innocent, perfectly normal comment, you're actually outing yourself. way to go.
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u/BigusDickus099 6h ago
You looked like a young teenager? Nothing bad about it at all, most of us went through the awkward teenage phase.
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u/-Cajun-Sensation- 7h ago
You put in contacts and dyed your hair, outside of that you look the same but you never looked bad. Be kind to yourself as it has been said before please!
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u/thingsarehardsoami 6h ago
I don't see contacts at all. She had blue eyes before her glasses just made it hard to tell
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u/Brief_Cow1275 3h ago
You looked adorable, it takes time to build up your own style, give yourself a hug, cause you deserve it✨️🦋🌺🦢🌌💕
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u/PhickThenis 7h ago
Congrats on puberty and all the awful things that come with being conventionally attractive. Don't let the media tell you how you should look you're young just focus on you. Good luck.
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u/Fuzzy_Medicine_6978 6h ago
You simply didn't know anything about looks. As we get older we learn a lot of basic tricks. When we're young we don't necessarily realize there's anything to be done about the way we look, we just assume we're not particularly good looking.
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u/IJocko 30m ago
The sub is fascinating to me. You are pretty. But I suspect that your beauty is fleeting and you’re probably peaking right about now. And that 10 years from now, you will be closer to average looking.
It is rare indeed to find someone who is beautiful their entire lives and for most people if they have any beauty at all, it might only be for a short time. Some people grow into their beauty and stay beautiful. That’s pretty rare.
Even more rare are those who are beautiful from birth and stay beautiful their entire life. One of my nieces falls into that category as she came out of the womb as the most absolutely beautiful baby and is still gorgeous as a 20 something.
But look at the bright side, at least you get several years of beauty.
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u/thingsarehardsoami 6h ago
I swear to God people in this sub just hate the concept of the sub. I never see any regular comments.
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u/NekoGoddess9625 5h ago
Right??? It's literally supposed to be when we were young and "ugly", to now after puberty and grown into our features. I don't think anybody even read the rules 🧐
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u/12345kinght 6h ago
U DID NOT!!! And I guarantee you MOST teenagers share this feeling-
U were beautiful and you are still beautiful!!
Please don’t talk about your younger self like this 💕
U had a great glow up 🔥👌
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u/szclimber 6h ago
You never looked bad. The bangs and removing glasses also frames your face differently.
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u/modestcrab 6h ago
whereeee is that dress from its gorge
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u/redditpigeons 4h ago
hiii it is from Skims! I rlly recommend it, if u have trouble finding it dm me!!
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u/froggole 6h ago
Why do the most normal people post here so regularly. OP you don’t belong here. You were never ugly. Like be so serious
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u/No_Sea7681 6h ago
You looked completely normal and there is nothing bad about that. You were not an ugly duckling.
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u/GreenTeaPetals 6h ago
You didn’t. You looked like a normal 13 year old girl going through puberty.
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u/bloontsmooker 5h ago
You look the same except you’re using makeup and a better quality camera in the later pictures
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u/Worldly-Pie-3501 5h ago
You look exactly the same. You weren’t odd or weird looking. You just gained more confidence. Cute then but a beautiful adult now.
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u/NoSystem3204 5h ago
You didn't look bad at all, you were a cute kid, pretty smile amd now a beautiful adolescent!
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u/Linseed1984 5h ago
We all did. Haha, the difference between me at 13 and me at 15 is night and day. Sometimes we have to grow into our features. You’ve always been gorgeous and will probably only get prettier!
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u/xtapalataketel 5h ago
All obsessed with looks. You still wont find someone if you are a b.... Looks is MAYBE 50%.
Girls Tend to forget that
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u/Healthy_Feedback803 4h ago
Sorry but what’s the difference? Glasses and younger in the first? Face exactly the same? I don’t get it
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u/Legitimate-Mood-9095 3h ago
You didn't look bad at all. You looked like a kids who wasn't trying to be an adult! My daughter is 17, she wears sweats, shirts, & brushes her hair, that's her beauty routine right now🤣 But the other girls in her grade are going with their moms getting spray tanned, getting their lashes done, full faces of makeup, extensions, etc... There's nothing wrong with looking like your age!
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u/nancypo1 3h ago
You did not look bad! You looked young, happy and fresh! Kids are supposed to look like kids not adults. I see some young teenagers now that are just wearing so much hair and makeup that it just looks awful. And I know a lot of it is a lack of self-esteem, or they're dressing and doing hair and makeup like their friends. But it's sad because it's just such an emphasis on appearance. I raised three adult girls and I was really happy that they looked healthy and classy through High School.
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u/redditpigeons 3h ago
It’s so weird to me seeing everyone saying I didn’t look bad before. I got called ugly quite a few times when I was younger and it definitely got in my head. 🥲
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u/Professional_Cat5313 3h ago
Because you were a child. I seriously don't see it as anything else. You look like a normal person.
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u/Aggressive-Loss5148 2h ago
Hate to break it to you but you don't really look that different. You took the glasses off, have your hair down, and put on a dress.
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u/fallendestiny82 2h ago
You weren't ugly by any means then or now, dont be hard on yourself, life is hard enough without bringing yourself down.
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u/chalcotrichite 2h ago
My mom always said the ugly duckling phase is to protect the young-uns from old creeps
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u/Inner-Dream-600 1h ago
Give yourself some grace, you were a kid growing up and you still are! I’m happy for you
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u/losemyhashtaag 1h ago
You were THIRTEEN. MA'AM. Exactly what type of beauty routine do you think you should have had?? Don't be absurd lol
Love your younger self. You were a little kid.
Even still, you are a teenager. Legally an adult, but mentally still a child. Enjoy your new found sexiness, but keep men's asses in line. None of them deserve us lol
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u/themainmattman 1h ago
You were just a young girl in a little bit of an awkward phase. And I guarantee you these pictures are miles away from portraying you in your best light at that time even. Most people’s blurry half-candid pics sitting on a concrete porch in front of some bricks while digging in a backpack aren’t phenomenal.
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u/VMarie93 1h ago
I looked similar. And let me tell you, now that I'm 32, I wish I still had friends that were like my cool 13 y/o friends.
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u/Due_Advisor_1612 7h ago
It’s the same 4 photos, no?
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u/redditpigeons 7h ago
🥲
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u/froyoda4 6h ago
There was nothing wrong with the first two, you looked like a normal kid. Find kindness for yourself. You’re the only one who will be there for you your whole life
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u/AArandomPerson 5h ago
Posting pictures of when you were 13 when you have an account like that is wild
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u/my-armor-is-contempt 7h ago
You were a kid. Don’t be mean, even if it’s to yourself.