Guys Prefer Average Chicks over Hot ones

vraiblonde

Board Mommy
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The article said, "...men pay lip service to being hung up on physical attractiveness..." Maybe it's kind of like how they talk about having a lot of sex when they really don't? :shrug:

Not buying. Guys are visual creatures - it's women that look beneath the surface. Men are from Mars, yadda yadda.

It's so common it's cliche. Rich ick dude with super model, yet you almost never see a hot young guy with a rich old bag (sabertooth Hattie aside). Who the hell marries Donald Trump? And who *doesn't* he marry?

Not buying.
 

vraiblonde

Board Mommy
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For real:

You have two women, both intelligent and fun, both flatter the hell out of you and make you feel all manly. They both want you. One is smoking #### hot; the other is the chick you could pick up at Toot's. Which one do you want?

Really.

The very idea of this study is ridiculous. Men do not prefer average - that's just all they can get unless they're Brad Pitt.
 

Radiant1

Soul Probe
Not buying. Guys are visual creatures - it's women that look beneath the surface. Men are from Mars, yadda yadda.

It's so common it's cliche. Rich ick dude with super model, yet you almost never see a hot young guy with a rich old bag (sabertooth Hattie aside). Who the hell marries Donald Trump? And who *doesn't* he marry?

Not buying.

I've seen some hot guys with average-looking women and I used to think to myself, "What is he doing with her?" My man is fairly decent looking, now I'm the woman that causes other women to think the same thing about me. I have to appreciate the irony. :lol:

Because he's good looking women hit on him all the time, even in front of me.* Sometimes I'm confident enough not to worry about it, other times not so much. So, like the guy in the article, I kind of wish he was average so I wouldn't have to worry. That's my own insecurities talking though. I guess men aren't much different and therefore prefer an average woman.

* Any woman who has such disrespect for another woman to hit on her man right in front of her or start talking to him while ignoring her presence automatically has a black mark with me. Women should have their own code of nobility. Seriously.
 

MMDad

Lem Putt
For real:

You have two women, both intelligent and fun, both flatter the hell out of you and make you feel all manly. They both want you. One is smoking #### hot; the other is the chick you could pick up at Toot's. Which one do you want?

Really.

The very idea of this study is ridiculous. Men do not prefer average - that's just all they can get unless they're Brad Pitt.

There is one other factor - hot chicks are too much pressure. You always have to be on top of your game, or at least it feels that way. There are always other guys staring, flirting, trying to pick her up. Giving a dozen roses today means that tomorrow you have to top it.

Maybe it's a bit of laziness. We perceive that a more average woman is more willing to accept a guy for what he is, flaws and all. We don't feel like we need to be constantly fighting to defend our turf.

So yes, we all like to fantasize about the hot ones, and some guys are shallow enough to only consider looks - just like some women do. But as we get older we learn to appreciate the total package - looks, personality, large inheritance coming, etc. Most of those hot fantasy chicks come with a lot of baggage that we would not want to deal with. We only want them in the bedroom. We don't want them to raise our children, help maintain the house, or be a partner in a relationship. They're like owning a BMW Roadster - sure it's nice to look at, and a blast to drive, but in the end it just isn't very useful.
 
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