So here's my two cents...Online relationships are great. Why? Because we see the real person. We get to know the "real" person. And what makes us real is not what is on the outside, (which all too often interferes with getting to know a person in r/l, confirmed by chattel's comment) but what comes from within.
To put it better, a quote from the Little Prince.."it is only with heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
Therefore, a Dominant's looks are irrelevant once I've come to know him..what I see are his words...what I hear is his voice. Close my eyes and he is still the Dominant that captured my heart and inspired my mind.
Silke's ending statement makes perfect sense...by societies standards if you are considered "unattractive" you are considered unloveable..~shaking my head~ what a terrible shame that is.
We all crave eye-appeal...even food tastes better when it looks attractive...but if the hunchback has a heart of gold...tends to his appearance and his heath and has the right words to get me going...then i say to hell with the deformity.
Okay...too serious here...someone invented the blindfold for a reason...~giggles~