You can still feel PRETTY while being MODEST

[RissaBusch]

I get really tired of my family asking me why I "don't want to feel pretty." Or I don't have enough self worth because I don't "get dolled up enough." I DO feel pretty! In fact, I feel the PRETTIEST when I'm covered up. Actually, I feel really, really pretty and confident! The time in my life when I felt the least confident was when I was not dressing modestly! I was so scared of never being good enough, not wearing the right clothes, not having the right hair style, and not having perfect flawless makeup and skin! Modesty felt like liberation to me! But, I'm so sick of people thinking it's oppression not liberation. I LOVE it lol! I just don't feel that pretty = showing off your body to everyone and everything! ok VENT OVER! lol

[proud2Bmomma]

I don't understand why the more flesh you show equates to beauty.

[RissaBusch]

I never did either. The 2 just don't go hand in hand!

Quoting proud2Bmomma:

I don't understand why the more flesh you show equates to beauty.

[Happy_at_home]

I so totally agree.  In fact if I felt like I couldn't be pretty and modest I probably wouldn't be dressing modestly. lol  My point each morning is to dress to look nice.  If I were to wear something revealing that to me is dressing sexy and is totally different that being pretty.  Pretty implies innocence to me.  I want my appearance and manner to show a gentle,  feminine nature, part of which I believe is a sense of innocence.  (This is why it was ill-mannered to smoke or swear in front of women long ago)

[May-20]

I don't know about my being pretty...but when I dress modestly, I feel more confident. If my shirt is too short (thanks to the dryer -- I certainly didn't buy it that short!) I spend time and energy adjusting my clothes to keep my tummy covered. And that makes me feel like everyone is watching me, which makes me feel self-conscious. 

[Syra3.14159]

I definitely love the feeling that I'm not trying to compete with the fashion out there.  I was so poor at it.  I think I look nice and very pretty in my modest clothes.  I'm just a bit different.  It makes me easily recognized too lol  I"m always re-meeting people around town who kind of know me from my skirts, long sleeves and head scarf.

[catholicmamamia]

I feel so much better (confident, relaxed) WHEN I am covered and modest! As for being or feeling pretty, my husband loves my beauty no matter how I am dressed. I know he appreciates that I reserve the essence of my beauty for him, alone.. and do not share that with random strangers on the street! 

[Familyof3]

i guess i felt pretty either way.. i mean, i go through low self-esteem periods all the time... but i know how to make myself feel pretty. i know what i look like underneath my clothes and underneath my hijab ,and i know my husband knows im beautiful so i dont really care what other men think.. :) 

i always thought that though... after i got married i was always content knowing that even if no other man thought i was pretty, im ok with that lol (although i know its not true lol) but if im ever feeling down, i usually take a nice hot shower, blow dry my hair, put on some nice make up and i dont have to even go anywhere lol that makes me feel like a beautiful woman... :)

my favorite is when i know all i have to do is put on my silky langerie nighty with the slit up the leg, and boobs popping out all in front of my husband and he attacks me like a wilderbeast lmaooooo i love knowing that and it makes me happy knowing im sexy haha

[isra1986]

I agree with everyone else! I am way more confident covering and dressing modestly, I always have been.
My sister is a skinny mini and very immodest, I have always had curves and said even is I was a size 0 like my sister, I would never give into the "if you got it, flaunt it!" attitude!
I didn't start covering until I was 18, but I can't imagine not doing so now!

[LivingIslam]

I too feel most confident, pretty, and way more at ease with being modest.  To me long clothing is just more feminine anyways.  I think it's really sad that society has gotten away from equating beauty with modesty.  Don't the two go hand in hand?