And Princess Diana is dead.....so are both sexes looking for perfection nowadays?
Could be... with the media saturation of "beautiful people", I wouldn't be surprised if most looking had something like that in mind.
And good riddance--no man wants a self-centered, neurotic, anorexic, social-climbing clothes horse.
Her type are all too common.
The only thing I would like less is dating a female 'Senior Vice President' so I can be her fashion accessory, or house-husband.... Blech!
Everybody looks for perfection. There's nothing wrong with that. The problem comes from refusing to consider anybody who is not perfect
Guys have three advantages over women. The first is that it's still expected for the guy to do the asking, and face the rejections. This discourages overweight plumbers from persuing Victoria's Secret models after a while. It provides a feedback mechanism to correct delusions.
The second is that a guy's friends are less likely to lie to him with "Oh, you're much too good for that ---" and "Don't worry, the perfect one will come along soon".
Third is that the average guy will prefer to sleep with a less-than-perfect woman, than sleep alone. The "chopped liver" executive sounds like she would rather be alone than be with somebody who does not meet her standards -- which means she will be alone.
The problem with having rigid "no-go" standards is that it constrains the set of people you would consider dating. If that set of people does not contain anybody who would be interested in dating YOU, then you're out of luck and alone
And the women who delude themselves that Prince Charming is out there (when they themselves are not Sleeping Beauty), are going to grow old alone
Princess Diana desireable? Not even when alive.
No.
Women are looking for Prince Charming...
Men are looking to get laid.