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2 comments:
That was depressing. So I, as an average-looking guy, shouldn't bother hitting on attractive girls? Does that mean if I think a girl is hot, she's out of my league?
What's the point of asking out someone I think is unattractive? If she says yes, I'll just be miserable and/or unsatisfied. Girls shouldn't date a guy they're not attracted to for the same reason.
I think having ugly/creepy/weird men asking them out is just something girls have to deal with. In turn, the average looking-guys have to deal with the constant rejections and spending money on the "hotties" who aren't interested. It's a quid pro quo.
I was thinking about this very topic, so I think the article is pretty timely. I think that part of the issue is that women tend to underestimate their looks (a 7 might describe herself as a 5), but guys tend to be more confident in their looks and might overestimate their attractiveness (a 7 might think he's in Tom Brady's league). This leads guys to go after women who are more attractive than them.
I will say, from personal experience, that I have definitely gone out with guys that I've felt are less physically attractive than me, but it's not for the free drinks. If I'm going to date a guy, even once, I have to feel some sort of connection with his personality just as much as how he looks, if not more. That being said, like Ed, I'm not going to go out with someone that is completely unattractive to me.
I will also add that when a completely hot guy (like the one I've been referring to as BabyDaddy) acknowledges me on Match, I get all aflutter. Must be the high school band nerd in me.
Is having "ugly/creepy/weird men asking them out" something women just have to live with, as Ed said? Probably, especially in the world of online dating, where it's considered "safer" to approach someone with an offer of a date...Perhaps the rejection doesn't sting so much when delivered electronically, especially when there's hundreds more to approach if the answer is no.
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