Pretty privilege exists, and if multiple of these occur to you on a daily basis, people are likely judging you based on your appearance without even realizing it.
Stranger kindness
People are friendlier, warmer, and strangely more patient with you during their daily tasks. Whether it’s a grocery cashier flashing you a smile or someone holding the door for you from across the hallway, running errands can be so effortless. Strangers are helpful and do nice things for you without you even having to ask.
Hiring advantages
Interviews don’t feel like formal, nerve-wracking questionings. They feel like friendly get-to-know-you conversations. Managers have a positive first impression within seconds of meeting you, and they assume you’re competent, honest, and a leader before you prove you can do the work. Because of this, moving up in your career is a breeze.
Easy forgiveness
When you make mistakes (show up late, miss a minor deadline, forget an appointment, etc.), the repercussions are minimal. People accept your apologies right away. They laugh off the mistake or chalk it up to innocence. There’s a cushy safety net where sloppy or absent-minded behaviors are charming, not irresponsible.
Instant help
Dragging a suitcase through an airport, standing lost on a street corner, or changing a flat tire will automatically generate helpers. Folks will come out of nowhere to physically lend you a hand or point you in the right direction. There is no need to grovel, as those around you will naturally step in to help.
Free upgrades
Café baristas decline your money when you ask for an extra shot of espresso. Bartenders sneak you a drink or two. Cashiers apply discounts you didn’t know you qualified for. Flight attendants and hotel clerks figure out how to upgrade you to a nicer seat or room because they’re nice. These tiny budget boosts accumulate so seamlessly that you start to think life is made up of gifts.
Attentive listening
When you talk about your ideas in a group, everyone else pauses what they’re doing to pay attention. People lock eyes and listen with interest. Perfect strangers strike up small talk in line at the coffee shop, in elevators, or in waiting rooms.
Group dynamics
Walk into your new gym, workplace, or a party and instantly someone asks you to sit down, join their conversation or invites you to do something with their group. You never experience a period of trying to fit in or feeling invisible while standing in a group. Social circles open wide with minimal effort, and making new friends feels natural and quick.
Good intentions
People will think the best possible reason for your actions during miscommunications or arguments, rather than thinking the worst. Instead of thinking you were purposefully rude or cold, others will think of ways that you might have been justified in your actions.
Receiving this benefit of the doubt on a consistent basis keeps your day-to-day interactions peaceful and keeps you from facing unnecessary drama or negative judgments from others.
Constant compliments
Whether you dress up for work or run errands in sweats, little praise from strangers becomes routine. They will complement your outfit, new hairstyle, or how you look overall, even when you look messy. Endlessly receiving compliments builds external validation that you can’t help but feel everywhere you go, boosting your confidence.
Open doors
Bypassing annoying gatekeepers, talking to busy managers directly, or receiving invites to random “invite-only” events becomes commonplace. People love introducing you to their own network of friends and professional contacts because they like you. Your aura magnetizes people to you and opens doors with little to no effort on your part.
Easy followers
Your posts consistently perform well and get tons of likes and sweet comments from friends and strangers alike. You can post a selfie, vent about something that happened to you that day, or write something as simple as, “Feeling happy,” and people jump at the opportunity to shower you with compliments.
Creating an online presence is much easier because your looks will do the heavy lifting for you.
Speedy service
Waiting at a crowded restaurant bar, lining up at a store or trying to catch a bartender’s attention during busy nights takes mere seconds.
Waiters and workers will magically notice you from across the room. They’ll take your order before others who have been waiting longer than you.
Constant attention
When you swipe through dating apps, direct message on social media, or go on real-life dates, you get constant attention from suitors. You never feel neglected or worried about whether or not someone finds you attractive because opportunities find you.
Polite environment
Nobody yells, snaps or speaks brusquely when they’re exchanging words during work or social disagreements. Everyone around you seems so darn nice, polite, and accommodating because they all inherently want you to like them.
Your version of reality is bubbled with politeness and you get to exist in this cushioned version of society without having to deal with other people’s irritable moods.
High confidence
If you’re raised by a world that constantly smiles at you, listens to you, and gives you get-out-of-jail-free cards, you’re going to have an unbreakable sense of entitlement.
You know you can walk into any room, and you fit there. You don’t force yourself to be confident because you are confident; childhood conditioning has made you this way.