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Are you punching above your weight?

Bambi985

I see this mentioned a lot about/to guys about their girlfriends and it's something I've experienced myself in relationships. I always thought it was quite rude. Imagine saying the same to a woman and implying that her fella is way hotter than her? There'd be blue murder!

What I've observed that it's not actually factual or true in most cases either. John Krasinski mentioned it recently about being married to Emily Blunt. She is undeniably gorgeous. But he is also a big ride. He is nowhere near 'average' and I'd say 99.99% of women would be staring him out of it in most rooms he'd walk into. Similarly, Laura Whitmore and her Scottish comedian fella. He's a bit of a ride too. And also far more charismatic and full of personality than her.

I've so many real-life examples with couples I know too, where she's pretty in a girl-next-door kinda way and he's quite attractive too, yet he gets the "way out of your league" comments. It's weird.

Anyone else got experiences with this? Are you told it about your OH? Does someone tell you your fella is "dating up"?

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Donald Trump

justfillmein wrote: »

I don't punch above my weight. I tend to go for pond scum.

Ya didn't lick that off a feckin' stone I tell ya me boyo

OscarMIlde

Actually happened to me a LOT when I started to go out with my boyfriend. A how did you get him reaction. I was skinny, with awful teeth, but somehow managed to land a gorgeous boyfriend.The funny thing is that after nearly 13 years, he's gained a lot of weight and I'm roughly the same size and have had a lot of dental work done, so now he gets the same said about me.

Chancer3001

Have you noticed how 99% of people here reckon they are punching above their weight.

Love is blind

A pig thinks a bonamh is the cutest baby

[Deleted User]

I don't punch above my weight. I tend to go for pond scum. makes me feel better about all my flaws

Cherry_Cola

greencap wrote: »

Good for you.

But that would kill me.

Japanese father in law. Better have your origami in order.

It's going well so far, he loves a drink so we're getting on great!

Donald Trump

Deleted User wrote: »

I was without a doubt punching in my last relationship. She was a high fashion model. My friends were more impressed with the situation than I was. She's just a normal person like everyone else. It was very annoying when we broke up because she did a job with Dunnes around the same time so there was enormous posters of her all over the place. Not ideal when your trying to move on :pac:

GypsyByName wrote: »

Not exactly high fashion is it? Still impressive nonetheless!

You misread his sentence.

She was a fashion model who was permanently off her head on heroin.

When she said she was a "fashion model" she was actually just a junkie who excused her appearance as "going for the Kate Moss look"

Still, it was a handy excuse as to why there were "Wanted for shoplifting" posters in all the Dunnes for miles around

Donald Trump

GypsyByName wrote: »

What is an LTR?

Licence To Ride

pickarooney

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I have the most awesome woman in the world who I am absolutely not worthy of.
I don't know what I have done to deserve such a fantastic person, she is just the best.
She completes my life and me as a person. And she feels the same about me.
We're not Brad and Angelina and we couldn't give a sh*te.
Would I rather have a woman that is rated to be 10/10 lookswise? Would she rather be with Channing Tatum?
Not in a million years. My now-wife, before we met (long story, 30 years long and longer in fact), told me she is not some painted up dolly-bird.
And it's true, she's a jeans and tshirt woman and if she wears makeup it's for a special occasion. And I love it.
Going out with someone for their looks, well, it's a clichee, but book and cover is a clichee for a reason.
I need to be with someone who understands my crazyness and my nerdiness and I couldn't live with someone who just embodies perfection, it would drive me nuts. To quote Deadpool, her crazy matches my crazy perfectly.
Yes I would crawl over any amount of naked women for her.

That is some massive turnaround from this time last year, no? Apologies if I'm mixing you up with a poster with the same avatar and a similar username.

I'd say my OH is considerably more physically attractive than me and probably outscores me on most other meaningless metric used to evaluate hotness. You would be very hard pushed to find a man who is her equal, to be honest.

Bambi985

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

WELL above my weight!

Japanese girlfriend from millionaire family. She is a world class violin player and works as a heart surgeon also. Absolutely gorgeous too! She moves here fully in a month and I can't wait

A violin playing heart surgeon millionaire...so you're essentially a kept man?

greencap

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

WELL above my weight!

Japanese girlfriend from millionaire family. She is a world class violin player and works as a heart surgeon also. Absolutely gorgeous too! She moves here fully in a month and I can't wait

Good for you.

But that would kill me.

Japanese father in law. Better have your origami in order.

Cherry_Cola

WELL above my weight!

Japanese girlfriend from millionaire family. She is a world class violin player and works as a heart surgeon also. Absolutely gorgeous too! She moves here fully in a month and I can't wait

JohnnyFlash

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Hardly need to be a looker, my ex was a very hot Venezuelan girl. She got hit on all the time.

Looks have nothing to do with seduction.

The key to influencing people and all seduction is incredibly simple.
Capture and lead the imagination. If you can do this you can make folk do pretty much anything.

Generally speaking the better looking the woman the less likely she is to ever have met a self assured confident man. Most will slobber over her before she says no.

Ross Jeffries, Godfather of the seduction PUA/Game community. Hardly a looker. Yet men pay him tens of thousands to learn Speed Seduction. Aka Neuro Linguistic Programming.

Dude looks like a perma-tanned sex criminal.

Stonedpilot

greencap wrote: »

Me hole.

What about your hole

If a man looks like Ryan Gosling or Bradley Cooper he doesnt have to good at seducting women wet minute they speak to them. No need for game!.

its ugly shyts might have serious game!.

greencap

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Looks have nothing to do with seduction.

Me hole.

greencap

beefburrito wrote: »

The ultimate one for me was I was on POF year's ago.
A female movie star was renting a cottage between West Cork and Donegal....
She was a bit older than me, we were having fun and frolics for maybe 6 months.

I never broke her anonmity...and never will.

It was nice.

Dame Edna has a movie coming out?

[Deleted User]

Stonedpilot wrote: »

Ross Jeffries, Godfather of the seduction PUA/Game community. Hardly a looker. Yet men pay him tens of thousands to learn Speed Seduction. Aka Neuro Linguistic Programming.

Speed seduction is based on NLP with RJs insights along with plenty of other things.... but NLP is so much more than Speed Seduction (NLP not being created for dating).

But yes, RJ is a fairly ugly guy (horrible dress sense) but I've seen him pick up absolute stunners.

OP, I'm usually told that my girlfriends or dates are far better than I deserve. And they're right.

Doesn't bother me in the slightest.

Chancer3001

Punching well above my weight.

Thank God women value personality so highly

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Pyr0

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

I have the most awesome woman in the world who I am absolutely not worthy of.
I don't know what I have done to deserve such a fantastic person, she is just the best.
She completes my life and me as a person. And she feels the same about me.
We're not Brad and Angelina and we couldn't give a sh*te.
Would I rather have a woman that is rated to be 10/10 lookswise? Would she rather be with Channing Tatum?
Not in a million years. My now-wife, before we met (long story, 30 years long and longer in fact), told me she is not some painted up dolly-bird.
And it's true, she's a jeans and tshirt woman and if she wears makeup it's for a special occasion. And I love it.
Going out with someone for their looks, well, it's a clichee, but book and cover is a clichee for a reason.
I need to be with someone who understands my crazyness and my nerdiness and I couldn't live with someone who just embodies perfection, it would drive me nuts. To quote Deadpool, her crazy matches my crazy perfectly.
Yes I would crawl over any amount of naked women for her.

She's standing behind you right now, isn't she?

Stonedpilot

Hardly need to be a looker, my ex was a very hot Venezuelan girl. She got hit on all the time.

Looks have nothing to do with seduction.

The key to influencing people and all seduction is incredibly simple.
Capture and lead the imagination. If you can do this you can make folk do pretty much anything.

Generally speaking the better looking the woman the less likely she is to ever have met a self assured confident man. Most will slobber over her before she says no.

Ross Jeffries, Godfather of the seduction PUA/Game community. Hardly a looker. Yet men pay him tens of thousands to learn Speed Seduction. Aka Neuro Linguistic Programming.

dr.fuzzenstein

I'd never punch her. She punches back.

Triceratops Ballet

Deleted User wrote: »

She was towards the end of her career (not even 30, fickle business!). She had done all those top fashion weeks all over the world up to then.

OOOOOHHHHH PJ dates models!!!

pics or GTFO!!

Bambi985

Archeron wrote: »

I've never had it said with anybody I've gone out with, which is a bit of an insult to them because I am truly hideous.

Actually LOLd. At least you're funny :pac:

facehugger99

Wow, you're really punching above your weight there - she's massive.

Not sure if I'm doing it right.

Archeron

I've never had it said with anybody I've gone out with, which is a bit of an insult to them because I am truly hideous.

beefburrito

ReReginald Perrin wrote: »

Sarah Jessica Parker is nothing to brag about. She looks like she's made out of elbows ffs.

Lol it wasn't her.....

I wouldn't say no though...

Dial Hard

I've said it about just as many women as I have men. I'm equal opportunities pass-remarkable.

jimgoose

ReReginald Perrin wrote: »

Sarah Jessica Parker is nothing to brag about. She looks like she's made out of elbows ffs.

:pac::pac::pac:

Pherekydes

In my first marriage I was a welter/middleweight and the wife was lightweight. This time around I'm a heavyweight and the wife is a light heavy, so no both times. :pac:

Jim Bob Scratcher

ReReginald Perrin wrote: »

Sarah Jessica Parker is nothing to brag about. She looks like she's made out of elbows ffs.

Indeed, she looks like a horse