# Would you hesitate to date an extremely attractive person who lacked ambition?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 30, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hesitate-to-date-an-extremely-attractive-person-who-lacked-ambition/552017 "2010-08-30T17:32:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hesitate-to-date-an-extremely-attractive-person-who-lacked-ambition/552017/61 "2010-08-31T22:53:28Z")

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I chose “_Straight male: I’d date such a woman exclusively but would not cohabit with or marry her_”, mainly because I have no interest in marriage. I have no ambition either; nor do I have any interest in highly expensive things like having children.

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**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hesitate-to-date-an-extremely-attractive-person-who-lacked-ambition/552017/62 "2010-09-01T20:00:04Z")

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Wow, It really is all about the looks.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hesitate-to-date-an-extremely-attractive-person-who-lacked-ambition/552017/63 "2010-09-01T20:46:52Z")

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Are you under the impression that the only two components of a person are their looks and their ambition?

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**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-hesitate-to-date-an-extremely-attractive-person-who-lacked-ambition/552017/64 "2010-09-01T21:23:26Z")

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> [@Perciful](#):
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> Wow, It really is all about the looks.

Let’s look at the OP again with bold for emphasis.

> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#):
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> Let’s say you meet someone of the appropriate gender for you whom **you find extremely compelling physically, intellectually, and emotionally, and who finds you similarly attractive**. (And, of course, you’re fee to date.) But this person has a flaw: he or she seems content to work at a $30,000/year job so long as needfuls such as insurance and such are taken care of. The person shows no desire for financial improvement. Would you be willing to date the person? Why or why not?
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> Poll coming in a moment, of course.

Not sure how that means all about the looks. Attractive means much more than physicality.

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