How to handle drawing portraits of genuinely unattractive people for money? Please read?

This is a hard one because while the picture needs to look like the person it should be done in the most flattering way possible. Keep in mind that people see themselves and their loved ones in a different perspective than others would. Perhaps you could ask her what pleases her most when she looks at her husband and try to see him as she does. I saw a tattoo show recently where the artist did a portrait of an old man that had a stroke. He put that man on someone's skin droopy eye and all. The man looked like he had a beauty to him and looked good in the portrait regardless of the stroke. Amp up the beauty of a person and play down the less attractive features. Good luck, just look for the good stuff.