Do you like it when people fight your hypotheticals? :dubious:
Assuming singleness by the terms of the OP - sure, why not? I’m not that far off the median myself for looks, and as for IQ, if I’m feeling intellectual there’s always the library. We’ll either enjoy ourselves or we won’t, but I don’t know either way until we try.
In the past I would say yes to whatever date. But I eventually couldn’t stomach it; too often I would need to reject the person at some point down the line, or they just message me too often (I don’t mean to sound heartless…I’ve been the person on the other end of this plenty of times too…). So nowadays I would usually make my excuses…if I’m not immediately attracted it’s not worth going down that road.
That said, to guys who haven’t had that experience I think it’s necessary to go through it.
Well, I’m married, so that’s a no. My husband hates it when I go out on dates.
But realistically, if I was single? Also no. They have to have something that’s above average, and if not they can go find a completely average woman to ask out.
I said yes but in truth I wouldn’t count it as a date. I have told people who attempted to arrange dates for me that I only date women that I am having sex with but I’m willing to go out with just about anyone if it looks like it could be fun.
The Bestest Boyfriend was pretty average… ok, shoulder width wasn’t, but anyway, we got pretty close to getting married. There were a lot of frogs in the pond, yet the closest I ever got to a prince wasn’t exactly Mr Exceptional.
So long as the plan proposed sounds ok and the guy is actually average (rather than in the “hell no” ranges), I’m game.
In real life I’m happily taken.
But in this hypothetical situation, if I was single, and I thought they might be interesting, I’d probably say yes. I don’t think anyone really is ‘average’ - you just have to dig a little deeper and experience their personality to find the gems. Everyone has quirks.
(woman)
Someone who thinks it’s a good idea to present IQ test results of 100 when asking people out…? Probably better say no.
I think the IQ thing is the hardest to look past. I’d probably say yes to someone with average genetics but a sense of style I like (i.e., puts some effort into it but keeps it natural), IQ (and age) reasonably similar to my own as far as I can tell and everything else average.
You’re not giving me any of the info I need to make that call. Is this guy sound, interesting, warm, funny? What is he interested in? What makes him light up? Basically, what kind of personality does he have? There’s no such thing as an ‘average’ personality - it’s not a scale or anything where you can find averages.
And is there chemistry between us? I’ve had a spark with guys who were a 3 or 4 on the looks scale, and no spark with guys who were a 9 or a 10, so just telling me his looks are average tells me nothing about whether there’s chemistry there.