It's Definately His Eyes!
I really liked what I saw here because everyone seems to be honest about their feelings. I think we have a right to preferences. I truly believe beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Therefore who is to say what is beautiful and what is not. I see me, and I know I am beautiful! I don't need a man to tell me, or show me, but I do love it when he looks at me with those beautiful eyes that say he is really enjoying the view.
It's true appreciation of the whole picture, don't get me wrong, I do NOT feel that he is trying to undress me with his eyes like many men have. I know he likes the way I think, and believe, he wants to know ME, he's not trying to change me. He respects me, he is hardworking almost driven, he is caring, he is wise far beyond me, he is smart (but not a smartelic), he doesn't play games, but he's very fun, he's real, honest to a fault, gentle yet strong, trustworthy, he's mature but not boring, he'll sacrifice his own comfort in a heartbeat for the right cause, and he is absolutely drop dead gorgeous, oh, and did I mention he happens to be black.
Yes, I love his black skin and his dark eyes, with all their expression of emotion, I love his thick lips, and wide nose, I love his strong muscles, and warm touch, but I didn't look for him, he found me, I didn't look for black or any other color, I tried to ignore him, but he was persistent and kind, never overstepping his hand, and always a gentleman. I love the way he gets nervous around me and tries not to say the wrong thing or the way he can't think straight, or even bites his nails when I say or do something unexpected, or the way he drew in his breath sharply when I tossed my hair. Why I effect him this way I don't know, but I love it. Why he likes me, I don't know, but I know he does, and that's what counts.
I grew up feeling very negatively about my own shape, I have always been full figured and short, so that makes my full figure look fuller. I am a size 14 petite as I am only 5' tall. I used to wish for a breast reduction. White guys were cruel and called me all kinds of names from "fatty" to "tub of lard". All this when I was a very healthy and active teen (at that time about a size 10) but I wanted to be a size 6 with no breasts or butt. (during the 70's when skinny was in)
So, I found a skinny Mexican who liked my figure and I married him, at 17. There weren't any black men to chose from! (Bad choice, but no one told me not to marry the first guy that came along.) I honestly think my feelings about myself set me up for a bad marriage. This is not to say all Mexican's make bad husbands.
Anyway through the years, and especially since my divorce, I have learned that I am beautiful, I think I look pretty good, I'm very comfortable with my shape. Sure I would still like to loose a some weight, but I am proud of the way God made me.
I find that more Black men and Hispanics (very few white men) tend to prefer women in my shape. So, is it not natural that I would be attracted also to them?
In short, Maybe I Love Him, because He first loved me! Is that so wrong? He sees me more beautifully than I see myself.