Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Men get an 'attractiveness boost' when other women fancy them — here's why
Business Insider ^ | January 31, 2018 | Lindsay Dodgson

Posted on 02/01/2018 6:20:23 AM PST by C19fan

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-92 next last
To: miss marmelstein

True, but I do remember when I was younger, getting dressed and having “other women” in my mind because they would be most likely to judge me for my choice than men. It started as a teen with mom and dad. Dad would approve of what I wore and mom would say NO. (So I’d wear it anyway under something else, and take off the sweater when I got there, naughty)


21 posted on 02/01/2018 7:00:15 AM PST by Yaelle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

makes sense. my wife and i were desperate, so there you have it.


22 posted on 02/01/2018 7:05:08 AM PST by onona (Replace Googling with the word "Websearching" - You'll feel better in minutes.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Larry Lucido
It's translated from "allegorical."

What, you don't speak Lazlish?

23 posted on 02/01/2018 7:06:46 AM PST by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: bagster

Yes, of course, I, um, know all about alligators (goes to Wookipedia).


24 posted on 02/01/2018 7:08:50 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: C19fan
Absolutely true. In my early 20s I used to ask my cousin (a drop dead gorgeous raven haired beauty to this day) to come out with me and my friends to bars and clubs in Toronto. We ALWAYS got more attention from other females than when she wasn’t with me 😊
25 posted on 02/01/2018 7:10:08 AM PST by ExpatCanuck
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bagster

“If you go to a nightclub and get rejected by a woman early in the night,
I’ve always wondered what that’s like. Please explain.”

After being rejected by woman after woman all night, you finally arrived to the last song of the night. So you say screw it. Then you ask the fattest girl in the club to dance with you. Then she rejects you too.


26 posted on 02/01/2018 7:11:57 AM PST by MNDude
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: PapaBear3625

Yup


27 posted on 02/01/2018 7:13:14 AM PST by rb22982
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

The MGTOW movement put into words the what I have experienced in my life.


28 posted on 02/01/2018 7:13:46 AM PST by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Yaelle

Oh, no, I never had that thought myself. I always dressed to look my best so that I could feel confident in myself. If somebody thought I was attractive, that was just extra.


29 posted on 02/01/2018 7:14:20 AM PST by miss marmelstein
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

“... the second I got a girl...”

Works the same way for women. My gal pals and I would laugh that as soon as we started dating a guy... the date invitations started coming in. Maybe that is how the human brain is wired?


30 posted on 02/01/2018 7:15:11 AM PST by momtothree
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: MNDude
Haha. All b.s. aside, you just took me back to when I used to go to this cowboy bar in Clovis, Ca. Right after last call, you could see the scramble for the leftovers. And then the lights went up and it was ON. I took home my share of, uh...big boned women on nights like that.

Fat girls need lovin' too.

(and they try harder)

31 posted on 02/01/2018 7:16:55 AM PST by bagster (Even bad men love their mamas.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Larry Lucido; Lazamataz

Heavens, no. It was my way of demonstrating “Laz envy.”


32 posted on 02/01/2018 7:23:38 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
Another tidbit I FINALLY learned about women is to not worry if they were taken. I’m not talking married women, but women who had a dedicated beau. I learned that everybody breaks up sooner or later, so if I like a girl who was taken, I would just make her a “friend” and wait until she finally broke up with her guy.

Never assume (until married) that the guy she's with is her "Mr Right". He might just be somebody to be with so as not to be alone. For all you know, YOU are her Mr Right, and you won't know you're not until you make her aware of your interest.

33 posted on 02/01/2018 7:26:40 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: MNDude

“After being rejected by woman after woman all night, you finally arrived to the last song of the night.”

leads into the joke: what is a 7 8 9 10 point woman:

The girl sitting next to you are the bar at 10, 11, 12 and 1AM closing time.


34 posted on 02/01/2018 7:29:18 AM PST by Mouton (The MSM is a clear and present danger to the republic.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: MNDude
After my return from Germany in '81, I was rarely rejected. I was 27, and very self-confident from my experiences there, both professionally and personally.

First dates were always conducted at a particular restaurant that had two wine lists: a regular and "preferred". When the waiter brought out the first one, I would then specifically ask for the preferred list, which contained several selections from the Mosel River, the area that I lived in during my tour.

Mosel Riesling is usually sweet, which women seem to prefer over drier wines. A good Auslese is considered a dessert wine, and there were specific towns that I focused on, such as Urzig, home of Urziger Wurzgarten. Urzig was a town I drove through on my daily commute. Just think of Lombard Street in San Francisco, but surrounded by grape vines.

35 posted on 02/01/2018 7:29:46 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Sounds like a bunch of giggly air heads in those groups.

Attractiveness is skin deep. Give me a man with a good, decent and intelligent brain.


36 posted on 02/01/2018 7:30:08 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: momtothree
Works the same way for women. My gal pals and I would laugh that as soon as we started dating a guy... the date invitations started coming in. Maybe that is how the human brain is wired?

When you are in a relationship, you don't display anxiety about needing a relationship. That comes across as confidence, which increases attractiveness.

Plus, for guys, being seen as being in a relationship communicates "He can't be THAT bad if SHE is going out with him".

37 posted on 02/01/2018 7:30:35 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: miss marmelstein

I wasn’t as confident as you!


38 posted on 02/01/2018 7:32:37 AM PST by Yaelle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: bagster
Fat girls need lovin' too. (and they try harder)

I've discovered that having an average-looking girl who tries hard to make YOU happy, results in a better life than a gorgeous-but-bitchy girl who is forever demanding that you make HER happy.

39 posted on 02/01/2018 7:32:58 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: bgill

Agreed, but we are girls. Men are more looks attracted.

I’m weird: if all the women adore some good looking guy, that’s the one I don’t want. I learned early that those pretty boys don’t usually have much else. And yeah, the brains and humor get me every time.


40 posted on 02/01/2018 7:34:57 AM PST by Yaelle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-92 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson