You are a beautiful, intellegent woman that is just right where you were at that table with those people. They are no better than you are just because of the title they hold. You are just as intellegent, if not more so than they are, you ARE NOT UGLY BETTY!!! You are very beautiful!

Well hunn you should't feel that way they put there pants on just the same as you do and are not any beter than you are no matter what they do in life

I know its just a job title but they have degrees.. I don't. Why the hell is a 'office assistant' even at that table with a bunch of important table? I should have known.. i thought it was just a lunch provided for the sponsors of the event. My company/City was one of the sponsors...

Just because you don't have a degree doesn't mean you are any less intellegent than they are. You are just as good, if not better than they are. You are kind, smart, beautiful, I could go on and on.

LOL. Believe it or now I think they (especially the guys) were wondering why I wasn't falling over my feet to talk to them. They kept looking at me and trying to talk to me. But I felt like my clothes reaked of 'ugly betty'

LOL! Thats a thought! But they were probebly staring at my horribly bad looks!! :D

Just because they have degrees and you don't and they hold some kind of title does not mean that anything you say is of any less importance or less valid than what they might say.

Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, everyone has different viewpoints and when you combine them it can make a very good and effective team environment.

I've met a lot of high ranking officers while I was in the Army and to be honest, some of them were right dicks as far as I was concerned, but the fact was that they came to me because of a specific topic that they were not familiar with that I was a domain expert on (the Army gave me that title not me).

My point is that everyone has something that they can contribute and beauty is only skin deep. You can be a raving beauty and a raving idiot at the same time so does that mean that they are still beautiful?

Beautiful, ugly. Who cares? How we look is such a superficial aspect of who we are as people. The moment we start to compare ourselves to other is the moment when we start to feel this way.

Have you ever noticed that you rarely, if ever, compare yourself to people LESS attractive than yourself?

It's human nature -- if you allow yourself to get caught up in it.

You're not ugly at all!

And I believe who ever is assigning tables sees something in you that you don't since they are placing you with such "important" people. :P

Just what I think.

You're not "ugly Betty". Plus you're nice, you're intelligent, so you've got no reason to feel bad. Besids, what did these people do to make them so intimidating? They're people, just like you. No more, no less.

I haven't been shopping in a long time. I should have known better than to go dressing like I did.

RUBY!! OMG!! Cut yourself some slack. Why not you? There's nothing different comparing you to them, or them to you.

Do not choose to look at yourself that way. Do not choose to put yourself down.

You are worthy, and so are they of YOUR company. They are sitting and smiling at you. Perhaps they feel just as awkward as you do.

It is natural to feel a little uneasy with new people, not to mention "important" people. They are important in what they do. What they do is not who they are. Same with you.

I have been around a large table with CEOs of some of the biggest companies in the nation. I felt like I was five years old. I was usually the youngest in the room. But with a little positive self talk, and a little faking it till I was making it--I decided that we were no different.

Choose to think different!