Online potentials - your views

well thanks for a positive response!
but yes i have accepted it all my life pretty much, then got lots of positive attention and it was great. :(

Oh Allah, please grant me a great match/potential ASAP inshallah.

I'm forty, what's your excuse :D
 
Re: Seeking spouse in the modern world

would that have been a backlash due to your culture or... ?

My parents didn't approve of him and everyone said it's not allowed in Islam for a man and a women to get to know each other over a meal.
 
Many kids, as an uncle... none I can say are my own.

Scimi

Oh ok...May allah grant you a pious and wonderful wife inshallah. Don't give up hope :) You seem to gravitate towards doing that so easily <_< But you do have the advantage of asking for marriage...whereas women have to wait to be asked and if they're not good looking and old then :omg:
 
Hey as a guy you got 10 more years before you're considered "old"...so keep at it.
 
honestly I sometimes think that women's standards in regards to how their men look are a lot lower than men's standards of how attractive they want their women to be. .

interesting - my experience has been the COMPLETE opposite! you have no idea sister!! :)

as for desperation etc... - not at all. I've been patient, very patient. Then of course someone came which was great...and unfortunately left (or fortunately). Now trying to do things the right way and it's proving so much difficult. For instance easier meeting people (even though I got rejected) who are not Muslim but then even trying to engage in a simple conversation causes rejection to me because I am just not physically attractive.
I am not fat or overweight - I am just right, thankfully. Short hair, no beard or facial hair (I like to keep it clean if possible).

Allah - help me :)
 
Who cares about white hairs..some men get them in their 20's ;D Psh even I have like 2.
 
interesting - my experience has been the COMPLETE opposite! you have no idea sister!! :)

as for desperation etc... - not at all. I've been patient, very patient. Then of course someone came which was great...and unfortunately left (or fortunately). Now trying to do things the right way and it's proving so much difficult. For instance easier meeting people (even though I got rejected) who are not Muslim but then even trying to engage in a simple conversation causes rejection to me because I am just not physically attractive.
I am not fat or overweight - I am just right, thankfully. Short hair, no beard or facial hair (I like to keep it clean if possible).

Allah - help me :)

Take it as a learning experience brother. Make du'a inshallah, and it's great that you have been patient..don't lose hope like bro Scimi :D use your connections and inshallah you will find someone, ask trust worthy ppl (close friends) abt ur appearance maybe you can change something that you don't see about yourself.
 
The other challenge is that it seems too many people are focused on looks/appearance. I am not the most attractive person and have been pretty much rejected for most of my life :(
Without going into too much detail - there was one person who thought a lot of me and it felt great but sadly/fortunately that is no more. And that's the struggle these days - finding someone who looks beyond the appearance and also keeping it halal
Assalamualaikum, brother.

There is difference between handsome and good looking. Handsome man indeed, look good. But good looking man is not always handsome. A man who is not handsome can be look good if he has impressive personality that reflected in his attitude, and make people have good impression on him.

I have ever analyzed photo of a brother who always rejected. He is not handsome, indeed. Just average, but he has neatly appearance. However, I saw his expression was very rigid. I noticed this rigidity in his eyes. It shows his personality, which he has low confidence when interact with people. Then I compared his photo with an ustadz who is not handsome, but has friendly personality that reflected in his smile and attitude, and it makes him look good.

Probably the cause why you always rejected is because you looked rigid when you interact with other people, face to face.

My advice for you is build your personality. Always be generous toward the others. Raise up your empathy. Empathy will make you become a person who has good attention toward the others. People can feel it, and it will make them have good impression on you. Raise up your confidence. Do not thinking that you will not accepted by someone. But always believe, if you are willing to accept someone, then there will be someone who will accept you. Learn to understand and accept someone.

If you have personality like this, people will have good impression on you. And In Shaa Allah, someone will accept you.

Don't give up,okay?. :)
 
Assalamualaikum, brother.

There is difference between handsome and good looking. Handsome man indeed, look good. But good looking man is not always handsome. A man who is not handsome can be look good if he has impressive personality that reflected in his attitude, and make people have good impression on him.

I have ever analyzed photo of a brother who always rejected. He is not handsome, indeed. Just average, but he has neatly appearance. However, I saw his expression was very rigid. I noticed this rigidity in his eyes. It shows his personality, which he has low confidence when interact with people. Then I compared his photo with an ustadz who is not handsome, but has friendly personality that reflected in his smile and attitude, and it makes him look good.

Probably the cause why you always rejected is because you looked rigid when you interact with other people, face to face.

My advice for you is build your personality. Always be generous toward the others. Raise up your empathy. Empathy will make you become a person who has good attention toward the others. People can feel it, and it will make them have good impression on you. Raise up your confidence. Do not thinking that you will not accepted by someone. But always believe, if you are willing to accept someone, then there will be someone who will accept you. Learn to understand and accept someone.

If you have personality like this, people will have good impression on you. And In Shaa Allah, someone will accept you.

Don't give up,okay?. :)


Salam brother! Thank you :)
I have a GREAT personality, a lot to give and very sensible and mature. I don't know, I am always nice but people just don't seem to want to communicate properly and when, for instance, you go on these websites (halal) - they just reject contact.
I know I am ahead of my years in terms of experience, knowledge, education etc... but I am not the best looking person although, as I said and should stop saying, only 1 person ever thought I was everything to her.... but of course that is no more and was wrong.

Hmmm. Seems double or triple standards! :)
 
I gave up. Probably won't ever be married Allahu Alam

I liked this quote ages ago. Now I want to justify it.

Interestingly enough; If you resort to leaving knowledge of the unseen/unknown to Allah subhano wa Ta'ala, and replace it with sincere supplication of what you want (you must also be prepared to accept that you are probably transgressing upon yourself in some way, as well, and need to stop from a recurring sin) Allahu alem but isn't that the whole point of having a Creator? to leave the important things to Him and worry about the things that we CAN change in our lives?
 
ACTUALLY GUYS!!!!!

I think women prefer that their husbands be NOT the best looking of the bunch. So that no other chick glares their way and they are YOURS FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER. Have you not seen the mad babes with the ... not so average joes? :P

F.Y.I women do not want the best looking bunch, they want a man who is smart, will treat them like princesses and will take care of them and spoil them and be so good to them. Women like the personality, they are not based on looks. trust me. If a guy is sweet, kind, and everything, the girl will see the most handsome man, because remember that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But even if a guy is a super model (haram.. but you know what I mean) and he is the most atrocious in terms of personality, kindness and let's not forget DEEN, then he will be ugly.

Also note, that the image YOU HAVE of yourself, is the image others see. If you find yourself ugly, people will see you ugly. If you find yourself good, attractive and well worth the while, others will see that too!!!!
 

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