Do we have a model of the stellar environment?

Reasons why there is no reasonably self-consistent, physically sound, and generally accepted model of the stellar environment are discussed. Three examples of contemporary models are examined: bow shocks in Herbig-Haro objects, Mira circumstellar shell structure, and solar graduation models. The three types are complementary, as the first type may be needed not only for understanding and sorting out important phenomena in real stars, but also for understanding simulated ones, that is, models of the third type.