People who were seen as average or unattractive in high school. What was your experience like and what’s it like now?

I was always a little chubby teen (not the lovely curve body alot of girls had!) I also had horrible acne an frizzy Tangled red hair school and I was alao big anime and manga lover witch put people off for some reason? (I still love anime.) I never really care what I looked like in school, but I always wanted a boyfriend. It never happened.... Last year I told myself I need to love myself and pull myself together at that time I was around 210 lbs at 5' 7" and looked and felt horrible. So lost some weight and now I'm 140, and take better care of my appearance. With a small confidence boost not much, I started to cosplaying a big dream I had when I was younger but never felt like I was pretty, I don't realize how different I looked until I was shown a comparison picture a few months ago. I cried and finally saw a little bit of beauty in myself. I still feel I'm along ways away form finding love (side note when I was younger I was very photogenic and really cute. But when I hit my chubby teen years nobody told me that anymore. And it hurt. So please if someone looks nice tell them.)

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