[quote]cstratton2 wrote:
[quote]Phoenix44e wrote:
[quote]cstratton2 wrote:
Girls hardly care about looks as much as guys do, definitely nothing to worry about. The only thing holding you back is your own thoughts, maybe this is a good time to face your insecurities while also pursuing this chick. At the very least try and ask her out or something. You have not even begun the actual pursuit yet. [/quote]
Well maybe when they’re looking for a mate to settle down with. But when they want to get a quick lay, they are just like us. [/quote]
No not so much, even then there is much more to attraction then looks. Looks really means presentation. You don’t have to look like Brad Pitt its more in terms of being well dressed and groomed. Fitting clothes, a good haircut, and actually smelling good go a LONG way. Anyone in here is in shape enough as well. This is only a small part too, there’s also humor, connection both physical and emotional, pre selection like if she sees other chicks hanging around you, getting her to invest in you while you talk, some other things but you get the idea. Its not that difficult and anyone can be “good looking enough” granted they just dress and present themselves half decent.
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Pretty much this. Looks are secondary, and a distant second at that. Furthermore, beyond keeping in shape and paying attention to your posture, body language, clothes and personal grooming, there’s F-all you can do about it, but it doesn’t matter. At all. Many of the guys I’ve known who were consistently exceptionally successful with the ladies were the most average looking guys who just had that supreme comfort with themselves that gave them the presence to fill up a room in a way that the flimsy, narcissistic Abercrombie looking dudes could never touch.
The fact that you are intimidated by the prospect of making a play for this girl is precisely why you should do something. We must always move in the direction of our fears, IMO. Even if you just stand there mumbling like a fool and the whole thing is an excruciating ordeal, you will have the opportunity to learn that failure and embarrassment generally won’t kill you, but inaction will. This is an important, life altering fact. No one can tell you this, you must experience it yourself.
It doesn’t matter if you get with this girl or not. It matters that you take the risk. It matters that you dare, and try and fail and crash and burn and dare again. That is what life is. Until you make peace with that you will never have that unshakable confidence that will allow you to succeed.
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