ratbastid tells me all the time that I'm beautiful. I used to not believe him, but now I just smile broadly and say "Thank you! And you're sexy!". Sometimes I still think he's a bit of a nutter - like when he tells me I'm beautiful when I've just woken up and I forgot to take off my eye makeup the night before and have racoon eyes and rooster hair and sheet lines on my face, but you know what? I think he's pretty gorgeous when he just wakes up to, so there must be something there that goes beyond whether you'd take a good passport photo at that moment. And the other morning I caught sight of myself in the mirror with rooster hair and racoon eyes and know what? I looked pretty damn good!
