Very true Fati, When it comes to marriages and stuff, i have seen people looking for a bride who should be so and so in height, and so and so in complexion etc.
I dont say that looks can be ignored completely, it does play a role in how things go between two people,,but some people do make a big big deal of it, and I dont go for that.
I think if the person is even average looking , he should be given a chance to prove himself.
I am saying this 'coz I know it is very very difficult to accept a person for a life partner who is very ugly. That's why I used the term "average looking". As far as friendship, job or any other things are concerned, i dont think looks play any role at all.
But one thing is for sure, that once you really love a person , he or she will look like the most beautiful person on earth to you, no matter how ugly he is .
A mother always loves and looks at her child as the most beautiful one, no matter how he is.

This reminds me of a story I had read once. A group of women labourers were working in a farm one day.. Their children were playing around .. Suddenly one of them could not see her baby anywhere and she searched here and there , but no luck. She started crying, Everyone came and asked her what the matter was , and she said that she had lost her baby.
So they asked her to describe her child, and she said that it was the most beautiful kid around and anyone could recognise it.. It was the prettiest of all.
Everyone started searching, but no one could find it. They saw a baby lying under a tree, with dark skin and two big front teeth, running nose and crying eyes. But no one thought it could be her's since she had said her baby was the prettiest.
But that was ,in fact her baby , and when she found it, she was so happy..she hugged it tight and kissed it.. And the love of her baby could be seen in her eyes. Only she could see the childs beauty 'coz she loved it with her heart and soul !