Do I make enough money to be attractive to women?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

average-looking women are usually not "fit". average looking women are usually in the overweight range.

I'm slender (5'5" and 110 lbs) and average looking - I just have a plain face. I think there are many others like me.

DP.. but you can "dressup" your face with makeup. I think most men are ok with an average face that can be made up to look better, but their definition of "attractive" mostly means "fit body", or the body of their type because you can't fake that when you take off all your clothes.

Take for example, Jennifer Aniston. Her face is not that attractive, but most men find her hot because she has a hot body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I'd be turned off by the fact you're a journalist.

+1,000,000

Ding ding ding ding.

Please tell me you don't work for the Washington Compost, OP.

[Anonymous]

A guy I know, a Fed, moved out to Columbia MD and has had an easier time dating. OP, you might want to think about getting g out of DC; silver spring is decent and not as far away as Columbia.

Also, try to meet women thru hobbies or church, rather than the DC social scene.

[Anonymous]

And, if you don't want kids, think about dating women a little older...most younger women start off wanting kids, not all but most.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I'd be turned off by the fact you're a journalist.

+1,000,000

Ding ding ding ding.

Please tell me you don't work for the Washington Compost, OP.

-100000 this isn't it at all.

[Anonymous]

Plenty of women would be fine with your salary, particularly those who make more and are comfortable being the breadwinner. That being said, the no kids thing is going to be an issue for most women who are still of childbearing age and haven’t been previously married.

[Anonymous]

^^^ the one problem you might have is that younger women who are sure they don’t want children frequently want to remain unattached to travel or otherwise enjoy a more leisurely life. I guess it’s possible that your salary is an issue for that particular slice of prospects.

[Anonymous]

According to the stats I just looked up, 85% of American women have children by age 50. That's most women.

[Anonymous]

OP, the problem is that you live in DC. Women here have the highest expectations on Earth.

[Anonymous]

women in the DMV area are the most difficult to date because they are money hungry. During 1st date in the area I was always peppered with questions intended to figure out how much money I earned.


I eventually found a great person online who lived out of the area and we did the long distance thing until our work situations allowed us to move together and get married.

I'm a little older than you and earn a little more as a fed in my second career. I do not think I could have found a woman in DC that would have been a fit because the money-hungry aspect is only one facet of the DC female syndrome. There was one woman who was a doctor in MD I met who didn't appear to have the syndrome but there were other issue.

Also, if you are on this forum asking this question then you have totally been whipped by the whole DC mentality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't date women who want to be trophy wives or SAHM's. My DH made less than that when we started dating, and now 5 years later he makes a bit over 6 figures. I make almost 3 times what he makes. But I never expected a guy to bankroll my lifestyle, so while I'm glad he makes a good living it's not what attracted me to him.

Honestly these posts get so old -- men go out of their way to find these kinds of women on the dating scene and try to impress them with their money and then turn around and complain that the only thing that impresses women is money. Nope, that's what you're attracting. Work on you.

Same here! I’d date you (I’m a widow) but I’m 54 so you’re probably not interested.

[Anonymous]

I make my own money - you keep yours. I’m in my 50s though so you’d have to deal with how you feel about that!fi

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:women in the DMV area are the most difficult to date because they are money hungry. During 1st date in the area I was always peppered with questions intended to figure out how much money I earned.


I eventually found a great person online who lived out of the area and we did the long distance thing until our work situations allowed us to move together and get married.

I'm a little older than you and earn a little more as a fed in my second career. I do not think I could have found a woman in DC that would have been a fit because the money-hungry aspect is only one facet of the DC female syndrome. There was one woman who was a doctor in MD I met who didn't appear to have the syndrome but there were other issue.

Also, if you are on this forum asking this question then you have totally been whipped by the whole DC mentality.

Seriously. Move to "flyover country" where women are more down-to-earth, and no less physically attractive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:women in the DMV area are the most difficult to date because they are money hungry. During 1st date in the area I was always peppered with questions intended to figure out how much money I earned.


I eventually found a great person online who lived out of the area and we did the long distance thing until our work situations allowed us to move together and get married.

I'm a little older than you and earn a little more as a fed in my second career. I do not think I could have found a woman in DC that would have been a fit because the money-hungry aspect is only one facet of the DC female syndrome. There was one woman who was a doctor in MD I met who didn't appear to have the syndrome but there were other issue.

Also, if you are on this forum asking this question then you have totally been whipped by the whole DC mentality.

Seriously. Move to "flyover country" where women are more down-to-earth, and no less physically attractive.

Fewer 'no kid' women th here, though. It's not prohibitively expensive to have a kid there, and there isn't as much emphasis on money and career. More women feel they can do both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:women in the DMV area are the most difficult to date because they are money hungry. During 1st date in the area I was always peppered with questions intended to figure out how much money I earned.


I eventually found a great person online who lived out of the area and we did the long distance thing until our work situations allowed us to move together and get married.

I'm a little older than you and earn a little more as a fed in my second career. I do not think I could have found a woman in DC that would have been a fit because the money-hungry aspect is only one facet of the DC female syndrome. There was one woman who was a doctor in MD I met who didn't appear to have the syndrome but there were other issue.

Also, if you are on this forum asking this question then you have totally been whipped by the whole DC mentality.

Seriously. Move to "flyover country" where women are more down-to-earth, and no less physically attractive.

Fewer 'no kid' women th here, though. It's not prohibitively expensive to have a kid there, and there isn't as much emphasis on money and career. More women feel they can do both.

I'm not sure if this is as true as it used to be. The marriage and fertility rates are in decline in people below upper-middle-class socioeconomic status. It's now the more affluent women who are more likely to get married and start families -- or, at least get married. There are a lot of baby-mamas in Flyover Country.