We have all by now heard the jokes about "first world problems". Problems like the barista at your local organic sustainable free world market coffee shop being out of vanilla soy and only having skim milk for your coffee. It is a terrible shame that we have to live under such dire conditions. I amsure that Glee fans remember with great delight when Sam told Quinn that her crazy antics were the result of having "rich white girl problems" and that having been poor for half a season had taught him to focus on real things. Well, I have another category to add, "Pretty People Problems".
I don't know what pretty people are upset about all the time. I feel much the same way about rich people, but I don't want to get off track too much. I am not saying that bad things don't happen to rich people or pretty people or to rich pretty people. I am just saying that all things being equal, pretty people have it pretty easy (pun intended). Let's take Miley Cyrus for example. I am not here to discuss how I feel about her looks, but the article I was reading called her beautiful and I am going to write this post as though they could not have written it if it was not true. So here is the scenario, beautiful young millionaire who feels so frustrated and bound by the constraints of her jettsetting lifestyle bought by a squeaky (I use that term loosely) clean Disney image that she feels compelled to give an interview where she curses and talks about how she doesn't care what anyone thinks. Right?!? Then, what pray tell is the point of this interview? Could you not just live your "homebody" lifestyle without the magazine cover and curse in the privacy of your own home. I guess not. She had to prove herself and how hardcore and sexy and unpredictable and misunderstood she is to the whole world as a way to shed that good girl image. Aww, the horror of a good girl image - pretty people problem.
We could also use someone that I love and do consider to be quite a pretty lady, Ms Zooey Deschanel. I love me some New Girl, but the fact that to date her biggest issue to date outside of losing her job and taking a very random set of temporary jobs is that she did not know what to do about dating the attractive millionaire or the emotionally stunted doctor or Justin Long. Not knowing what awesome attractive person to date because they don't tick off all your boxes is a pretty person problem. Only pretty people can answer random Craigslist ads for a roommate, behave like a total eccentric singing emotionally intrusive crazy person and be allowed to stay. I am just saying, it's true.
The same is true for men. Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt ( and Johnny Depp beg that they be taken seriously and not be seen as just box office candy. They could all take a lesson from George Clooney and embrace the handsome and all it's privileges. You don't see George scowling and cursing about how hard his life is. Take Matthew Mcconaughey. He has to know that the only reason he can pull a woman like Camilla Alves while not using deodorant is because he is pretty.
These are just celebrity examples, but I see it with regular people too. Remember the woman in Britain who said she could not keep friends because she was so beautiful and other women were jealous. I heard she was not a cute as she thought she was, but that is a pretty person problem if I ever heard one. I hear women complain about the most ridiculous things. People always want to buy them drinks, or lunch, or help them carry things. They don't know who to go out with because they have so many choices and so they pass on making real connections with great people and then complain about being single. Aww, that must be so terrible for you.
Pretty people and their problems.
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