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Dearest K,
If I could define beauty for you, would it change the way you look at people? You told me people have certain expectations when they're looking for a soulmate. What are definitions but our own standards? And what if I told you, I would change definitions to be with someone like you. Wouldn't that defy the purpose of those standards?
"Well, perhaps that is love." You would say.
"Love? What did that have anything to do with physical beauty?"
"Oh but it does!" You'd say.
Okay, I would agree on the condition that it is the propellent for the first few years together. And then what? This is where I'd like to change the definition.
Beauty is trust, familiarity, security, loyalty — it's going to the supermarket together, sipping tea or coffee at sunrise, walking in total silence (maybe down a beach), browsing fiction together, having an inside joke, getting each other a glass of water, being polite with the relatives who wouldn't stop finding a fault, looking for baby names together, making a list of places to visit, being considerate with your speech...
Tell me, K, would you trade all of this for physical beauty?
