Whose Mug is that Anyway?

It's been a pretty tough couple of weeks around here, so I needed some entertainment today. I know, I know. You're thinking, if this is all it takes to trip Helen's trigger then she needs to get out more. Well, there you go.

See if you can guess to whom these chins belong. And I'm not even going to give you names 'cause that'll make it far too easy. Don't scroll down too far until you're ready to see who's who, or you'll ruin it. I've got the entire face of the guys on the next post, so you can see how many you guessed correctly.

So while you're ruminating over these beautiful mouths, chins, dimples and stubbled cheeks, think about how quickly we make assumptions about people based on appearance. Rumpled clothing, cleanly pressed white dress shirt, piercings, stained fingernails, too much makeup, too tan, crooked teeth, heavy, skinny, yada, yada, yada.

As a writer, I've used scars, length of hair, jewelry, tatoos and lots of other physical traits to convey character because we all do it. We all make immediate conclusions as to personality based on appearance. And rightly so. Generally speaking our appearance says a lot about us.

But while we can change our hair coloring, our clothing, our weight, there are some aspects of our appearance we can not change, things we're born with like height, bone structure, skin color. And some of those things very definitely affect how we see people.

Take dimples and cleft chins for example.

Man, oh man. I see a dimple on a guy and I melt. Dimples to me say considerate, sensitive, upbeat, quick to laugh and sweet sexy. This is the guy you want to take home to momma. Except for one. The third pic above. He's not a mother kind of character. Hint. Hint.

Cleft chins, on the other hand, get me hot. To me they think strong, mature, capable, and hot sexy. These are the guys who take control and are good at it. They're the cops with big guns. The fireman with ... but I digress.

Then you have this amazing freak of nature with this actor who has both dimples and a cleft chin. I can't even think about what that says, at least not if you want me to finish this post!

So what does it for you, dimples or cleft chins? Neither?

BTW, my October Superromance, Finding Mr. Right, is on the shelves only for a few more days. Haven't found Mr. Right, or just want to have some fun? Check this out this quiz on iVillage: http://quiz.ivillage.com/love/tests/mrright.htm

Helen