I think about this all the time. I don't think I look like the person I am. For a start I don't look Anglo even though I basically am... bar 1/8 Swedish blood. I have near black hair. Taxi drivers are always asking where i come from... "you no Aussie... you Greek? Italian?" When they insist I am not Anglo i say... "well apparently i look like my Swedish relatives..." they totally reject that.... Swedes are meant to be blonde everyone knows that

I also don't look like I particularly belong in a Mother's group... I look too complicated i think... i don't look all soft and maternal. Just my perceptions.

When i was a kid in primary school i wore glasses. The kids decided this made me look smart and called me "wise one"... or "Oh Wise". Either that or the usual 'four eyes'. But i wasn't wise... I had very poor social skills... so shy and inept at reading situations... naive to the point of it being a joke... and particularly slow in maths. Maybe it was then i realised you should never read a book by it's proverbial cover... or trust what people labelled you.