Is He Just Too Hot For You?
September 27, 2007 2:47 pm Posted in Reality, Sex Jess - NYU g+ page
While explaining my weekend to a friend of mine, I mentioned that I had met a boy who was basically awesome in every way, but seemed “a little too attractive for me”.
“What?!” she yelled. “What are you saying?! Don’t say that! Nobody’s too attractive for you! You’ve got a complex, I swear…”
After getting her to calm down, I brought it up to another friend of mine. “He was totally amazing” I told her, “but I just think…you know how you can be talking to someone, and the whole while you’re thinking, ‘this guy is just too cute’?”
“Oh, totally” my friend chimed in, her eyes going large with recognition. “I totally know what it’s like to talk to someone who you think is too good-looking.”
So, there it was; two different people with two completely different opinions when it came to who’s in our league or out of it.
It’s pretty common knowledge that women aren’t all about looks when it comes to picking a partner. While I don’t think any of us would say no to an amazing body or smile, a lot of us look for humor, drive, and personality before perfect features. Men, on the other hand, have been known to be all about the hotness (at least initially).
With this in mind, it seems quite possible that there are more men “out of her league” than women out of his. If a guy isn’t dripping with adorableness, but has an amazing personality, he has a better chance with most hot women than an average girl with an awesome mind has with most hot guys.
What do you think? Can anyone ever be out of anyone’s “league”? Is it easier for guys to compensate for less than movie star looks? And if so, doesn’t that sort of suck for us?
Have you ever felt like you’re not “hot enough”?
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jessie says:
Fri, 28th Sep 20077:12 am
You can totally date out of your league- you might not be able to keep him, but atleast you will get a good shagging or two out of it.
Mark Thompson says:
Thu, 11th Oct 20074:36 am
Most women have ego issues when the guy they wake up next to is better looking than they are. Insecurity as well. I know of many white collar women with younger hotties and some broadcast thier trophy girl toys. Women have caught up to the male image game. MILF is the rage with college guys and even women professors with tenor give thier male students " extra curricular " assignments. You only live once and why not fulfill fantasies. Beware of the emotional trap with hotties. Remember, other women are on the prowl as well. Doctors, lawyers,and policemen are the biggest reciepients of promiscuous laisons. SSGT M. Thompson U.S. Air Force
Samantha says:
Thu, 27th Dec 20078:26 pm
Well, I don't know about this one. I think my boyfriend is completely and utterly too hot to be with me, but I'm not about to leave him just because I don't feel adequate in the looks department. Personally I think everything should be personality based even if they are the hottest guy on the planet, if you can emotionally bond, who cares if he's light years beyond you physically.
Jasmine DeJackome says:
Sun, 30th Dec 20073:18 pm
I think that men are often exempt from worrying about their appearance. Women in today's society have to worry much more then men about the way they look and whether or not men will be attracted to their physical appearance. This trend is only adding to self esteem problems already rampant among young women. If you ask me it should be about personality and compatibility, first and foremost.
Jill says:
Sun, 3rd Aug 20083:35 am
I was (i.e. still am) in love with a guy for two years and he was just SO good-looking. We're good friends so nothing, ever, EVER came of it but he had a lot of other young ladies lusting after him. I tried to shake my crush but… gah. Long story short: he was (and still is) too hot for moi.
It annoys me to no end that you ONLY see hot guys with hot girls BUT you regularly see hot girls with "average" (or lower) guys. And it's not even about money, most of the time. GAH!!!
iashia says:
Tue, 9th Dec 20082:51 pm
I'm talkin to this guy from my old school and he is so attractive that I could just melt. When I'm around him all I'm capable of doing is just smiling… I think its very possible to feel that one is dating out of their league
Ryla says:
Sun, 19th Jul 20099:22 am
Yeah, the media completely ruined our society's image of a typical woman. I consider my self a little above average looking with a nice bod, but have never been able to feel confident about the way I look when I'm around attractive guys. Sometimes, like if an attractive guy has a great personality to match, I end up getting all intimidated by him and feel if I glance at him he'll think 'ew, why is SHE looking at me?!' It's terrible feeling.
Thanks media.
Does anyone have any tips on how they got to be more outgoing and get over being intimidated by attractive guys?
shari says:
Sun, 19th Jul 200912:34 pm
i'm a pretty confident girl, and i know exactly what you mean! my ex-boyfriend was wayyy too hot for me (every girl, i mean EVERY girl from his high school had a crush on him), but we ended up dating for 7 years. actually, after realizing that i thought he was too hot and amazing for me, i made it a point every day after i got done getting ready to look at myself in the mirror and comment to myself about how hot i am and how lucky he was to be with me. i still do it every day 8 years later!
i've also dated a guy that i felt was way too cool for me. like i couldn't believe he chose me to be with since there were clearly such cooler girls to pick from (and i think i'm pretty cool, so that's really saying something!) lol but, like with my too attractive boyfriend before him, i didn't let it get to me or affect our relationship.
Sydney says:
Wed, 5th Aug 20098:42 pm
Good for you shari on complementing yourself! That's important!
I always get stuck with guys with unattractive physical traits (ex. balding), and I feel i'm a pretty girl who could do a little better in that area. I don't mean to sound shallow, but I feel its important to be able to be phsyically attracted to the guy you're dating just as it's important that you have good chemistry with them. I think I got spoiled with my first bf. He was a hottie with a sweet personality, and now I don't want to take part in anything less. Bad me.
and i can agree with ryla a little–hot guys make me act all shy and even unfriendly-like. I need to kick that habit big time. I suppose it just takes practice with flirting.
tiana says:
Thu, 14th Oct 20106:44 am
i am dating a guy who gets more glances from girls than i do from boys.
he's tall, slim but with muscle tone, perfect face, i mean beautiful eyes, lips, nose, eyebrows… he's so good looking, dammit. every time we go clubbing, half the gay guys there end up staring and trying to make eye contact with him!!
even my sister said it ' if he was NORMAL half the girls in the city would be after him! ' hehe. and yeah, he's quite.. u nique. and that's what i love the most.
yeah, yeah, it's hard but any smart woman or girl can 'KEEP' someone who is 'too hot'. he loves me cause im sweet, smart, not afraid of doing stuff, very funny and spontaneous.
chill, girls. if he loves you, he loves you. insecurities out.
Becca says:
Fri, 4th Feb 20114:22 pm
There is this guy I walk past in the hallways at college all the time but I don't know anything about him except that he his BEAUTIFUL. I think I might have a shot at dating him if somehow we start a conversation. People tell me I am pretty, I think I am but of course (like everyone) I can find flaws which make me insecure. I do wonder if I am "hot enough" for him. I don't want him to think that I am just ok looking, I want him to think I am gorgeous dammit!
I totally agree with people who say that it's important to base a relationship off of character and personality but at the same time I want strong sexual chemistry. I want to be attracted to him! No settling for me.
It's totally unfair how guys can get girlfriends with out putting effort into their clothes, or looks in general. Women spend so much time and MONEY on that.
lola says:
Mon, 6th Feb 20123:23 pm
This is a such a goddamn subjective topic. One hot guy varies from the other. I hooked up with someone gorgeousss (hottest guy everr) and he thought i was smoking… very beautiful. but then there are other guys who are semi-hot or just good looking but would not be interested in me, WHY? because men have different desires and standards for girls. Some guys like them curvy with big tits, some like them skinny, some like asian chicks, some like petite chicks, some like them really tall, etc. It's not all black and white. People have different standards of "ideal" beauty which some are influenced by the media, and some are just personal preference.
Ive known hot guys who would reject the most gorgeous girl for like a shy, tiny girl or something. Nothing wrong with being shy and petite, but some people just PREFER something else.
lola says:
Mon, 6th Feb 20123:27 pm
i dont get it. if you couldnt keep him then he wasnt sexually attracted to you… and then (of course) he would'nt have shagged you.