| Sorry, but it’s just different. Men seek out beauty and women who are younger than they are. Looks matter to some women up to a point, but when it gets to marrying time, a balding, four eyed man with a big wallet will do. Way of the world. Just look around the DC area—chock full of ugly guys with reasonably attractive women. |
The OP was specifically talking about PHYSICAL attractiveness. The large majority of women are (physically) uninspired by the large majority of men. "that guy looks hot and I want to bang him" is definitely limited to the 10% Chads, and I am not an incel for pointing this out. |
Op you are very misogynistic. |
The men I know are very picky. I know many men in their 30s who complain about being single, but are extremely critical of looks and won't settle for anything less than an 8, even though many of them are a 5 at best. |
Classic. Unless they have very good money, they are staring at many more years of frozen pizza dinners for one. |
| Ugh, OP your thread is tiring |
Yeah, I don't buy that women are more critical of men's looks than vice-versa. I've heard men criticizing beautiful Hollywood actresses for being unattractive. Not just, oh, she's not my type, but she's ugly, a horse-face, too skinny, too fat, etc. And plenty of ordinary-looking guys who apparently think that they should be dating supermodels, and who don't want to date the women they know who don't meet their ridiculous standards. And then they complain that women only want alpha male jerks or whatever the latest incel buzzword is. |
And nevertheless we settle for who is available. |
| Your premise is incorrect.... and I know plenty of single, never married, attractive women in their late 40s and 50s to prove it. |
No they don't. They might suggest a pump and dump, but not dating her. |
Men are unpicky about who they'll bang. They are (and should be) much more picky about who they'll commit to. I often hear single men complaining about the lack of appealing options for long-term relationships. |
Fair enough, but does "lack of appealing options" extend to looks? As in they can't find someone they are attracted enough to to marry? Or is it more about the personal characteristics of the women? |
bingo. |
Disagree. I've been out of the dating pool for a long time now, so maybe things have changed. But, when I was in college, it was generally unusual for women to make the approach on a guy. However, when it did happen, it was always the same handful of guys who got approached by women. It wasn't like the women bold enough to approach were randomly approaching different guys because women are oh-so-varied in what they find attractive. |
Yes, I do advise they try to date women they may not find initially attractive. Because some guys are trying to find women that are way beyond their attractiveness level. And then they start to get angry and bitter towards women they find attractive but who aren't interested in them. And women AND men who try to only date people they find irresistibly hot both will typically find themselves single unless they are equally as hot to others. I'm female and the best thing I did was say yes to dating a few guys who were shorter than me. One turned out to be the most wonderful man I even met. |