Appearance Vs. Personality
 

Which do you think is more important and why? Appearance, or personality?

Personality will always be more important, because even the most beautiful people can be complete asses, and I'd rather spend my time with a person I got along with than with someone who was absolutely gorgeous and nothing else.

That being said though, if somebody who's gorgeous gets along with me... Yeah, they should prepare for stalking uh.... crushing?

XD Nice! Personality is winning!

I can not vote on this one since I believe nither is the most important. *Shifty eyes*

Beauty fades, but a beautiful and genuine personality lasts forever. :3

So what is most important? If it's neither of these...

Personality. You might be the most beautiful person in the world, but if you haven't done any work on your personality, most of your relationships will be superficial. I think both play an important part in social interaction, but I definitely care more about personality.

Carzeebear: That one is simple my dear....Love is most important in my heart and mind.

Ottersaurus: That's a nice way to put it. I have to agree, both help with social interactions.

I have a feeling most people will pick personality.

*votes*

Six for personality and zero for appearance. I was right!

Definitely personality.

I've dated some of the most
gorgeous girls who weren't
that nice to say the least.
xD

Appearance says a lot about personality. If someone is unkept and smells like they just rolled around in an sewage plant I'm not having anything to do with them no matter how nice their personality is. One reason I like meeting people online though is because you can get to know someone's personality without focusing on looks too much. I've dated people that aren't that attractive but have awesome personalities which makes them attractive to me. I've also dates some women that were "hot" appearance wise and got rid of them pretty quick because they had horrible personalities.

Personality.

Pretty people who are bitches, don't want to be around them.

Not so pretty people with personality? Bring them on!

@Mystic
Maybe that person stinks because of their job. Or maybe they stink because their water pipes messed up and they haven't been able to fix them yet, but are working on it. Or maybe their water smells funny. I know some people who smell weird/bad because that's the water in their area that smells like that (not like sewage....it is clean water-just smells weird to me)

I was more referring to those people that do not bathe and it's obvious. XD That funny water smell doesn't bother me since the water here kind of smells weird anyway. It's the whole unsanitary thing that bugs me.

My ex and I used to pick on each other for stinking after work all the time. XD We worked at a pet store so after cleaning out the birds habitat we'd smell like bird pretty bad or animal bedding. It was worse when we got gross dead fish water on us and smelt like dead fish. That kind of thing I don't mind but it's the not bathing thing that's just ick.

I prefer personality... as beauty is just a bonus ^^

I have to agree with pretty much everyone who said personallity. Ive dated some beautiful girls, and all of them turned out to be stuck up bitches in the end. Not saying all are, just the ones Ive dated have been.

For me, it's definitely personality. And I'm gonna assume that's how it'll go for nearly everyone.
Although I guess there are some people out there who are looking for more physical relationships who don't care what their partner's like. *shrug*

Most people will say personality, but i am just going to be honest. Appearance is, unfortuantley, more important then personality. In todays society it is the truth. So i am just telling it like it is. Appearance is more important in most ways. You never see a really hot guy with a dorky girl. Its just the truth. Im so not lying to myself by saying that appearance isnt important.

kittykondos: Hehe If only if only... I am certaintly not the most attractive guy in the world but my boyfriend can deffinately be in the running. I am also very dorky looking... So tell me again... How does that prove your point?

Your a lucky one then. It is just my opinon that appearance is more important then personality.

And to each their own. I created this topic cause I am interested in people reasonings for thinking the one they think is better or more important. Not to point out a flaw is someones belief. Just because you care more about looks than personality does not make you a bad person and just because someone cares more about personality than looks does not make them a better person. Everyone is equal and I am just curious is all.

I kind of have to agree with what Mystic said as well however. I do believe that the way you present yourself to the world says something about your personality. I generally avoid people who consecutively don't take care of themselves or bother to dress nice. I don't care what your body type is, there are clothes that will fit you and look nice; above all else, you CAN shower at least every other day. I will talk to people that don't look nice, but if I notice it's a recurring trend then I can honestly and without shame say that I most likely will not continue talking to them. It shows lack of respect for oneself and low self esteem in many cases and those aren't really the kind of people I can tolerate being around.

Don't get me wrong, I'm friends with many people who don't necessarily have the most beautiful bodies; most of them overweight. But they still shower every day and make an effort to look presentable. In fact, I think most of them end up looking pretty damn good. That's all I really want out of people and I don't think it's too much to ask. I don't particularly care how shallow it sounds, but I have a problem with people who don't respect themselves enough to take care of their bodies.

I agree completley with Ottersaurus, It is all about presentation to the world.

Again to each their own I am just happy that people are explaining their reasons and not just saying "Cause"

I go for personality myself, only because beauty does fade over time. You can be the worst dresser in the world and still be the nicest person, or you can be a beauty queen and be the biggest bitch with the biggest ego.

I am also the type of person that will NOT put on makeup or do my hair all pretty-like for work, I just don't feel the need to do that every damn day. I do shower, I do brush my teeth, I do brush my hair -- but I am not going to get all dolled up just to spend a shift at work with people who won't give a rats behind either way. I used to put a bit of eyeshadow and underlined my eyes, but I stopped after a while.