Vanity is one of those ingrained things that all human beings must possess. One of the 7 deadly sins, it is the excessive admiration of ones own appearance or achievements. But is it something that we can avoid?
Of course there are varying levels of vanity. At it’s worse it means not being able to leave the house without looking at yourself for a good hour. I have a friend who shall remain nameless who cannot leave the house without looking at himself in the mirror for at least half an hour.
He’ll turn to me and ask “what do you think, button done up, or not done up?” My usual answer now is, “I don’t care, could we please just go.” If only it were that simple.
But it’s not always as bad or as obvious as that. Who hasn’t walked out of the house and checked themselves out in the reflection of a car at some point or the other. Out of curiosity no doubt but definitely spliced with a small degree of vanity.
Gross vanity is grossly unattractive. Anyone sitting opposite a date who has a mirror behind you to look at themselves in will appreciate that. It means there is some deep down insecurity that they need constant self reassurance.
Vanity is wholey natural and I think it would be wrong to fight or suppress it totally. As long as it doesn’t end up ruling your life and taking hours out of your day looking in the mirror then have the occasional look at yourself in the reflection of a car.
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