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Does a guys looks matter in a relationship?

  • 14-05-2019 1:54pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 253 ✭✭


    Just wondering if this is the case. You here the mantra "women aren't attracted to/don't care about looks as much as men".

    On the other hand, I know a guy who's pulled 3 girls all from pubs and he approached them all. When I first met him I thought he was good looking so wasn't surprised at that.

    Even if women don't get physically aroused by looks like men, I'd say that matter quite a bit don't you think?


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,292 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    They matter initially but after the first couple of months they don't really.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭Feisar


    So pulling three girls means what exactly. Quasimodo would manage that given enough time.

    First they came for the socialists...



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 772 ✭✭✭FFred


    They matter. There has to be some physical attraction in a relationship.


  • Registered Users Posts: 253 ✭✭noubliezjamais


    FFred wrote: »
    They matter. There has to be some physical attraction in a relationship.

    So would you say that being short/non white affects your chances?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,292 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Short probably
    Non white probably not


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,201 ✭✭✭bullpost


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    Short probably
    Non white probably not

    Well some people try to pick up girls
    And get called assholes
    This never happened to Pablo Picasso
    He could walk down your street
    And girls could not resist his stare and
    So Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole
    Well the girls would turn the color
    Of the avocado when he would drive
    Down their street in his El Dorado
    He could walk down your street
    And girls could not resist his stare
    Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
    Not like you
    Alright
    Well he was only 5'3"
    But girls could not resist his stare
    Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
    Not in New York
    Oh well be not schmuck, be not obnoxious,
    Be not bellbottom bummer or asshole
    Remember the story of Pablo Picasso
    He could walk down your street
    And girls could not resist his stare
    Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole
    Alright this is it
    Some people try to pick up girls
    And they get called an asshole
    This never happened to Pablo Picasso
    He could walk down your street
    And girls could not resist his stare and so
    Pablo Picasso was never called...


  • Registered Users Posts: 671 ✭✭✭Plopsu


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    They matter initially but after the first couple of months they don't really.

    That just means that they do, since the first couple of months won't happen otherwise. :confused:


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 22,292 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Plopsu wrote: »
    That just means that they do, since the first couple of months won't happen otherwise. :confused:

    There has to be an initial attraction. But attraction will get you nowhere longterm without compatibility.

    Attractiveness is also subjective (or else I would never have gotten the ride). What I like does not necessarily match your tastes.

    Attractiveness is not just looks either. It is your manner, what you say etc.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,386 ✭✭✭NSAman


    Money is a major attraction for some, so the "looks" may not be the most attractive feature for a percentage.

    Looks matter, attractiveness is something that can vary wildly from person to person, what you find attractive someone else will find off putting... that is why Trump has had a few women *cough*.

    Honestly, for me, (looking at ladies) attractiveness comes from the personality of the individual. I have met and gone out with fantastic looking ladies, who have ultimately the personality of a wet rag. Currently, my partner is someone who is very attractive, divorced and has a warm engaging personality, people gravitate to her due to her sincerity and absolute warmth. Money means little to me, its all about the individual.


  • Registered Users Posts: 671 ✭✭✭Plopsu


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    There has to be an initial attraction. But attraction will get you nowhere longterm without compatibility.

    Attractiveness is also subjective (or else I would never have gotten the ride). What I like does not necessarily match your tastes.

    Attractiveness is not just looks either. It is your manner, what you say etc.

    Yes but the compatibility won't matter without the attraction either. I get what you're saying but the upshot is looks do matter.
    Attractiveness is absolutely subjective (and sometimes of the moment) but I do think there are some people who are kind of universally attractive. These people always do well with the opposite sex (and sometimes the same sex) but (to the OP) it is a bad idea to compare yourself to them unless you are one. There's always a section of women who'll find you attractive, the issue is finding them.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 23,654 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    So would you say that being short/non white affects your chances?


    Of course a guys looks matter in a relationship. To what degree they matter depends entirely upon the other individual (or individuals, in some cultures) they’re in a relationship with. Being short and non-white are of course immediately observable physical characteristics which are guaranteed to affect your chances one way or the other - again it simply depends upon the other person and what they, not you, find physically attractive.

    In a relationship, it’s just a good idea anyway for your own self-confidence and your own health, longevity and mental health to maintain your physical appearance in reasonable condition, no different than you would expect your girlfriend/wife to maintain themselves in reasonable condition.

    Maintaining attractiveness between couples is never just the extremes of physical or intellectual attraction, it’s a combination and a mix of the two in varying degrees at various stages throughout one’s life, or in the case of a relationship - throughout one’s life which they share with another person or persons.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭lukin


    As I always say when this question is asked; judge by a person's actions, not their words. How many times have you seen a 5 foot nothing, overweight, balding guy with crooked teeth walking down the street with a stunning blonde?
    That's right; zero times.
    During my time on this earth, whether it was in college or in the workplace or in the social circles I have moved in, I have never seen a stunningly beautiful woman in a relationship with an unattractive man. They have either been single or hooked up with a guy who had none of the traits I listed above. OK the guy may not have been a ten out of ten, Ryan Gosling lookalike but he certainly wasn't ugly either.
    Women love this idea to be out there that they don't care about looks at all and they are more impressed by sense of humour, wit, personality etc.
    It gives the a sense of moral superiority over men; "All men are interested in is breast size, having an hourglass figure and face like Scarlett Johansson but we're not like that, oh no"
    But where's the evidence of this? There simply isn't any, or at least very little. They are every bit as shallow as men but will never admit it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭milli milli


    Yes looks matter but I think the whole package deal is what counts (personality, achievements, etc).
    Confidence and charm count for a hell of a lot, so if a guy is lacking in looks, working on your confidence can really take you places.

    Also having the confidence to approach women in a ‘sound’ way (i.e. not in a pick-up artist or sleazy or drunk-and-disorderly way) - an average-looking, confident guy who approaches women will probably do better ‘pulling’ than a shy, good looking man.

    And as everyone knows looks are totally subjective anyway. Women and men are into all sorts of ‘looks’ and they’re not all pin-ups.

    Just to add something in my own opinion, but I think a beard improves the appearance of most men (not a Dubliners, hipster one, but a nice tidy one) - it gives more definition to the face and just looks ‘manly’ :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭milli milli


    lukin wrote: »
    How many times have you seen a 5 foot nothing, overweight, balding guy with crooked teeth walking down the street with a stunning blonde?
    That's right; zero times.

    There’s too much of a gap in looks in this setup and wouldn’t be sustainable. Generally couples match up looks-wise. You might get one part of the couple being better-looking than the other, but the other would probably not be that ‘unattractive’ and they’d have something else to make up for the ‘discrepancy’ - money, humor, status.
    I don’t know the name of the Formula 1 guy who was the opposite of a ‘looker’ but had supermodels hanging off him - so this would have been one of the people you describe but he had status and money. But I’m not sure if he ever married any of the supermodels?

    And then looks are subjective so one persons ‘stunner’ is another’s ‘meh’.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭lukin


    Generally couples match up looks-wise.

    Precisely.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    There's a minimum standard usually. Anything beyond that is a bonus rather than important. Confidence is generally more important. Short guys definitely have a tougher time.


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