Sexy people complain about ‘bad experience’

It’s a shame that she’s so pretty.

Beautiful women across the internet have recently been lamenting the negative consequences their looks have had on their lives, contrary to popular belief about so-called “beauty privilege”.

A post on Reddit asking people — whose physical features are unclear — “What terrible thing has happened to you because you’re beautiful?” has gone viral and has garnered a variety of responses.

While some people’s feelings are understandable, especially around the recurring theme of “unwanted attention” and harassment, others say it has affected their reputation as well.

One woman responded: “Apparently I want everyone’s husband.”

Another person who works with children said they were hearing the same thing from parents.

“I’ve been accused of flirting with men a few times when in reality I was just doing my job. I don’t want a man with a bad temper like yours. There are days when I barely want a man of my own,” they wrote.

In other cases, users recalled the severity of small criticisms after they themselves rejected someone.

Another wrote: “They are attractive enough to attract you, but when you are not interested they pick something that makes you feel bad so they don’t feel bad about being rejected.”

“I’ve met so many men who think I’d like them if only my self esteem was low enough. That’s crazy,” one person responded to the comment.

Obviously, this also applies to friendships.

“When your ‘friends’ take every opportunity to criticise your looks or anything else, they will ‘slut-sham’ you with anything remotely mean,” one Reddit user cried.

“I’ve had situations where someone pretended to be friends with me just so I could see them together,” added an equally gorgeous person.

Apparently, friendships can be “difficult” when you’re good-looking, as your appearance can cause close friends to feel insecure – “even if you think highly of them,” wrote another.

Another added: “People often think I’m vain but that’s not true.”

Others have pushed back, arguing that the stereotype is all body and no brain.

“You’re considered dumb. It’s amazing how good looking people have such a low IQ threshold,” one user wrote.

At work, they write, things took a turn for the worse at a medical center when an attractive-looking female occupational therapist joined the user team.

“My former coworkers who I thought were cool started slandering her for no apparent reason,” they wrote. “They even went so far as to report her to the boss for various petty things she did that she had not done or been involved in.”