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To: alexander_busek

Happily married for many years as well.

Assigning points to women is helpful—particularly when assisting younger men in their journey through life.

I can think of several analogies—but they would be a bit ah controversial...lol.


263 posted on 02/17/2025 5:39:34 AM PST by cgbg (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise.)
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To: cgbg
Assigning points to women is helpful—particularly when assisting younger men in their journey through life.

I have a 17-year-old son who has already taken his first steps in the dating market, but...

I would not attempt to establish any sort of rating system for his use. Certainly not a rating system which supposedly has any sort of general applicability.

(Personal preferences play too much of a role.)

Rather, I would instead advise my son to keep an eye open for certain "deal-breakers."

Assuming you even have a group of "possibles" from which to choose, it should be a relatively simple task to "winnow" them down by applying a few, generally valid "knock-out" criteria.

The most-important exclusionary criteria would pertain to attributes which are not even visible (e.g., slootiness /illegitimate children, conceitedness, etc.) - and young men are essentially visual creatures (unfortunately).

Visible criteria would include obesity, massive dental braces, severe acne, etc.

But if I were a father advising my son on selecting a wife, physical attributes (as long as they don't preclude fertility) would be of diminished importance. (I know: Good luck trying to convince a strapping young man to "go" for the inconspicuous but serious, principled wall-flower!)

In my early years, I was probably what could be described as "hunky" or "hawt" (though I was socially awkward). Still, I had extremely strict standards concerning physical beauty. As a result, I "dated" only stunningly beautiful women.

I think that I would have "gotten more" out of "dating" and experienced more personal growth and maturation, if I had been less fixated on mere outward beauty.

Rating systems are probably okay for the dance floor, when trying to make a quick estimation from a group of total strangers, but if you are selecting from a group of people with whom you already have some at least slight acquaintanceship*, I would advise approaching the matter differently.

Regards,

*And, ideally, this would be the norm.

264 posted on 02/17/2025 6:24:29 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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