OW in Perv's case is very, very large and very, very plain...kind of in an '80's way.
And I agree, I think the inside of a person's mind and heart matter more, but I understand the esteem problems an A can bring us, too.
FWIW, I have a neighbor who's been supportive and she's a BS also (no internet there, so no SI, but she'd be good for the site...anyway...
She is downright gorgeous, tall and blond with large doe eyes and still got cheated on. I am basically opposite her and got cheated on. I think our outsides don't always matter, I think it's more related to standards and morals.
I will say, that I've been reached out to by an Ex of about 25 years ago, who has contacted me electronically before. He gives the same song and dance of a guy looking for an OW, "my wife is awful but I can't leave her because she's ill" and so on...
I told him several times "where to go" and gave him a NC letter as well and cried for his wife. Now, he was a BF of mine as a teenager and cheated on me with his wife. Now contacting me again, especially in this time?
It's a little of track of the original post, but I was trying to say that I do think it can be just an easy mark and person willing to be manipulated and so on.
I was very proud, suffice to say, with my lonlieness so huge and needs so much, that still I kept my standards and said, "go away."
Why couldn't OW do that when she learned Perv was M?
And back to FallDown, don't forget that your esteem may be low right now so you might view her temporarily as attractive, but maybe later you won't?
And why do we have this curiosity about a person who helped change and ruin our lives, anyway?