It breaks my heart to think of how many men are in genuine emotional distress about things like balding or penis size. I know there are guys out there who get worked up and feel anguish about it, and in reality it isn’t that big of a deal. Sure, it may be a turn-off for some people, but most of the time it’s nowhere near that important. Especially if you are in range of average-ish. Nobody is perfect. Don’t stress about it, make the best of what you’ve got.
When it comes to muscles, I think we have slightly different standards when it comes to something to gawk at and someone we’d actually like to date. Just like a man might enjoy gawking at the half-plastic cheerleader with an enormous chest, fake hair and a spray tan, but would probably be more interested in actually dating a cute but normal woman. Likewise, larger muscles photograph well and may turn heads, but if I’m actually going to bed with you, I’d rather go strong-and-lean.
[QUOTE=msmith537;15579532Look, women clearly go for guys who are fit, good looking, rich, charming, successful, confident, and put together. They just don’t want the guy to LOOK like he spends a lot of time and effort being fit, good looking, rich, charming, successful, confident, and put together. Or even worse trying too hard and failing. Because then it’s not magical and romantic. It’s a carefully crafted marketing brand.[/QUOTE]
This is universal, and it has nothing to do with careful branding. Men want women who are slim, but not women who are skeletal. They want women who are confident and independent, but not cold or emotionally unavailable. Cheerful and outgoing is good, but not if she’s flirting with your friends. Every guy wants a woman who dresses well, but too much skin and it starts looking vulgar. And men may say they want no makeup, no plastic, casual clothes and bed head, but show them most women in that state and they’ll be less than impressed. So yes, you may want a slim, confident, outgoing, sexy, natural woman, but take those to the extremes it’s a turn-off. Take average and turn it up two notches, and you have a very attractive partner. Turn it up five notches and you have something scary.
In any case, what a lot of ladies here are saying is that no single one of these things is going to work if the rest isn’t there. If you are a decent guy and make a good salary, it’s pretty awesome. But if the only thing of value you manage to convey about yourself, it’s not going to work.