• friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Throughout life, the things you find important change. This is true for more than just physical attraction and what you look for in a partner. I think a lot of people, attractive or not, pair up with people that don’t fit their ideas about what is gorgeous. Everybody who doesn’t die young is going to get old and wrinkly, so if you want a good life partner, you’re going to have to prioritize personality traits and common interests over physical attractiveness, otherwise you’re going to end up paired up with somebody who doesn’t do it for you.

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      3 months ago

      Everybody who doesn’t die young is going to get old and wrinkly

      I’m certainly not disagreeing with you, but let’s not overlook how protecting your skin from sun exposure can help as the years pile on.

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    3 months ago

    I can only speak for myself and my observations, but I don’t think it’s normal. It happens, but it’s uncommon. I think it’s more normal for people to have similarly attractive partners. Some people are cuter than others even at the same “level.”

    Most of my girlfriends have been about the same level of attractiveness. I think I’m probably a 5 or 6 out of 10. If I lost weight and cleaned up I’d probably get to a 7, but that wouldn’t change my attraction to my wife. Maybe at that point it would look like I “settled”?

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    3 months ago

    i think that liking a person can make you physically attracted to them. i didnt look at either of my partners the first time and drop jaw on the floor… but once i became friends and developed a crush they started to look cute! my current partner is very attractive to me now :)

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    3 months ago

    it happens and it doesn’t work well if there’s isn’t some other quality(ies) that make(s) it meaningless.

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    3 months ago

    I am mid looking person who has every high “standards” but can’t score anybody that’s hot.

    Is you settleing or did you just realize how the market works.

    WTF up with all these avg people think they better than other avg people. Grow the fuck up

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    3 months ago

    Women usually do that for social status, I mean, for women usually if there is money(specifically what money involves not exactly money as it) they don’t care about beauty.

    As a man at least for me you need to learn to appreciate women beyond their beauty, you need to experience going out with ugly women as part of knowing about women. The 98% of women function exactly the same way if you get used to go out with ugly women you will learn to go out with beautiful women.

    Think of beauty like something what will not last forever, the main point in women isn’t their beauty but other characteristics like support and followship

    Beauty isn’t everything what matters in a relationship, there are other things what each role do which compliment each other.

    Edit: I’m getting downvoted and maybe to oblivion because evidently there are people who know I’m saying the truth but they don’t like someone to do that.