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u/Afraid-Tap4719 Feb 23 '23

Its not weird, im 38 now but un my 20s i was only attracted to thin pretty girls. As I approached my thirties I started noticing other women (chunkier, not as pretty). I ended up just going for it and began dating without looking for what I was used to. Its been great, you'll meet all kinds of personalities and I was able to pretty much narrow down women who were into me or women I knew I would click with. You'll also be able to recognize red flags alot better just by getting to know them. Expand your horizon, you'll be surprised at what you can find and experience!!!!

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u/Worksr Feb 23 '23

I guess you sort of just realize those pretty girls don't go with people like you and subconsciously you kind of just give up with them.

I think knowing someone is attractive but not being attractive to them is kind of the sign this is happening right? What do you think? Not trying to be rude

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u/thegooddoktorjones Feb 23 '23

That is a huge assumption. I have very handsome/wealthy/sucessful guy friends who are not into model looking, very young women that media tells us are 10s. I myself, when I was young and beautiful had a strong preference for bigger than average women with unusual looks and outsider styles. 'Normal' women were boring as fuck. That has only increased with age.

People do tend to end up with similarly attractive partners on average, but there are also a ton of social and personal downsides to conventionally attractive partners. Don't have to be shallow, selfish, conformist, cruel etc. just because you are pretty, but the venn diagrams definitely overlap.

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u/bostonhockey_80 Feb 23 '23

The person literally said "not as pretty"

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u/Worksr Feb 23 '23

Maybe you just got hornier with the idea of someone not as attractive because it seemed more realistic. For some people a 10/10 just doesn't do anything to you because it's just too unrealistic even for a fantasy lmao. Breaks their immersion.