How much of a "looker" were/are you?

Good work on the helmet.

Yeah, the only reason I am in that photo at all is that when I said

“Roman from Robot Monster!! Can I take your picture?”

He said
“Why don’t you stand next to me and make it a photo of the two of us?”

My Tomorrow Knight costume was pretty good in its first iteration, to nearly winning the Most Spectacularly Amazing category. Sadly, I don’t have any photos of it.

That’s a problem. I have a rather limited pool. :slightly_smiling_face:

I’m glad to hear some men like her.

ISWYDT

(And, yes discourse, that was a complete sentence!)

Those men sound to be of the “her knees are crooked” type. I just cannot understand a universe where she is not considered a stunner.

Heheh, here’s the most flattering pic of me from my youth I can easily find that doesn’t have me nude. I’m on the right.

Here’s one of me from just a few years ago. Again, I’m over on the right.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=299660618830&set=t.779084018&type=3

Not sure if this will work or not; it’s one of my favorite photos of me and Ms. P together.

I’ll play.

I cropped out my wife as I know she would not consent but at our 40th wedding anniversary dinner celebrated about three months ago.

Now with fuller beard.

A bit more Santa like now!

(On preview in screen is distorted but clicking link shows normal. Not understanding why.)

Reilly doesn’t do anything for me. Not a bit. There’s nothing wrong with “high standards” if those standards mean that your concept of attractiveness is very selective, but not necessarily conventional. My concept of attractiveness in women is a combination of personality and something about their appearance that is often undefinable. Yes, I have high standards, but I will also say that, for instance, every single Playboy model I’ve ever seen doesn’t do anything for me, either, and nor do most conventionally “gorgeous” Hollywood stars. I want a partner that’s physically attractive (to me), but not in that superficial way. If they happen to be considered attractive by conventional standards, that’s fine, but it’s not the primary concern.

ETA: I’ve always disliked the word “looker”. According to the conventions of English morphology, a looker is “one who looks” – i.e.- an observer or spectator.

In my early-mid 20s I was constantly compared to Pierce Brosnan, except nobody remembered the actor’s name-- they all said “you look just like Remington Steele”; and later “you look like James Bond”. Other than having dark hair and blue eyes I didn’t think I looked much like him, and not as handsome. But I didn’t mind the comparison at all :smirk:

Now at 60, I still have all my hair, and it still has a lot of dark in it, though it’s gray at the sides and my beard is almost fully gray. I’ve put on weight and my face has filled out some, so these days I probably look more like the portrait of Hemingway in his older years, the one in the fisherman sweater, than present-day Brosnan.

not too shabby, either …

I’ve honestly never considered myself attractive but my son, who I’m told looks just like me, is frequently told by strangers how handsome he is. So obviously I have no idea.

Well, I think most men can objectively evaluate whether or not they are Brad Pitt or Chris Harmsworth. Then again, in my 20s I was closer in stature and appearance to Paul Rudd and that dude was voted “sexiest man alive” at one point, so who knows.

I’m good looking enough that women aren’t repulsed when I talk to them, but I still need to be funny and charming.

I’m going for the mugshot Nick Nolte…that’s my goal for when I truly become ancient.

Hey, he was People Magazine’s sexiest man alive…in like 1994 or something! Now…he has…character…I suppose!

yeah, I mean, I have on very rare occasions had previously unknown women offer to buy me a drink at a bar, but I’ve never succeeded (or even attempted) a “you’re with me leather” maneuver (You're with me, leather - Wikipedia)

So, maybe a 7?

You posted the link to the Imgur album, not the photo itself. Imgur makes it confusing. You have to click on your picture in Imgur so that it opens again, and when you copy that link you’ll see that it ends in “.jpg”. That’s how you know you grabbed the right link.

Thanks.

Much nicer than your avatar.

I’ve never thought of myself as particularly good looking. I never seemed to attract female attention. But then, I was always fairly oblivious to attempts to flirt with me. Once after a party I was told by a friend that one of the women there had spent most of her time trying to get my attention, and I had no recollection of it. Definitely one of those “need to be hit over the head with a clue-by-four” types. Also in the “he makes me laugh” category.

I once was told that I have “kind eyes”, which I took to mean that I looked compassionate. This sort of fits in with that fact that I seemed to be a magnet for people who needed someone to talk to about their problems. There was a woman who always used to come to me when she was having problems with her boyfriend. When they finally broke up I thought about asking her out, but waited too long. Sigh Missed opportunities.

Yeah.

Actually, that’s a good looking dude. Great pair of eyeglasses, good grooming (at least about the head portion!), seems fit and has a kind of shrewd, canny intelligence about the eyes and facial composure.

No, I won’t be doing a self-portrait here using a camera, but well done!

That’s an interesting remark. I’ve often been told the color of my eyes are fascinating…always by some random woman I just started talking with…but I never got the “you have a kind face!” thing…

That I would kind of welcome, being someone who lacks empathy in general but is generally decent when called upon or when needed and is often trying to do better instead of being a hateful curmudgeon most of the time.

IME when a woman takes the time to look into your eyes and thinks to make a comment…that’s showtime, pretty much! If that’s what one is after, of course. At the least, that’s the start of a nice conversation.

Therefore, I conclude that many women have indeed considered you deeply and would have been welcome to perhaps a reciprocating comment.

No, I’m not going into “dating advice” or whatever…my last girlfriend was about two years ago, and if I’m an expert in anything, it’s how to ruin my own relationships.