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Average and Below Average Looking Guys Need to Settle (and Why That's Not Bad)

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It's hard to tell guys who are average or below average in looks that they need to settle. Most guys who wind up on a site like this have been drinking some sort of self improvement/new age/law of attraction Kool Aid pretty hard. They really believe this stuff. This type of material is everywhere. Just daydream about a lambo and miss teen USA and the car will be in your garage and the girl will be sitting in your lap soon enough.

Some of these guys get a double dose with RSD looks don't matter marketing. Then they actually go out and try it approaching everything in sight and get walloped. Then they try again and fail again. They try over and over again throughout their 20's. Maybe they get a bite from a fattie or two. Or maybe they don't. If they're smart, they "settle' for a normal/average looking girlfriend and get married.

Then there are guys who don't even try and they find themselves still single. In their 30's. Or they wait until even later. Then they wind up in the manosphere, MGTOW or just plain Incel. They're really in trouble now. If they were average or below average in their 20's, then the situation is usually likely to decline by their late 30's.

Now they are in their 40's. Now they're looking at mail order/internet brides from Eastern Europe and/or china or Colombia or wherever. At this point, their dating value has dropped off sharply. If they were a 5 or 6 in their 20's, a 4 or 5 in their 30's, now they are a 3 or 4. They are just begging to be ripped off. Dating scammers are seasoned vets duping gullible, desperate guys with rock bottom dating market value.

Not only that, these guys are competing against good looking guys in their 40's who are fresh off a divorce who actually have some game and are better looking. This means these guys are settling for sex workers and fake girlfriend experience types in Thailand, Brazil, or some other sex tourist spots.

So, guys in the average/below average categories, the choice is simple: marry a girl who is average looking but loyal and live far more happily than they would otherwise alone, and subject to constant sex scams as they try to pursue hot women. I know a lot of good guys in their 30's who are perfectly happy with somewhat average looking wives. These women are sweet and loyal and they have hobbies in common and provide each other with companionship.

I hope everyone who reads this figures this out sooner rather than later: average and below average looking guys cannot be players who pull hot or even cute girls on the regular. There's way too much competition out there and they are equally skilled, and far better looking and almost always far better socially connected.

Settling ain't bad. It means you didn't get scammed for years or even decades on end. Don't let the scammers win!
 
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If you want to date well above your grade looks wise it will have to come from social circle or a place you frequent like work, church, etc and have interactions with woman.

The reason is that the longer you know a woman, the more other traits become important. This has been researched pretty well. If you are trying to date well above your grade on OLD or by approaching , you are going to have very limited success as looks are more important at that point since they don't know you well.
 

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It's hard to tell guys who are average or below average in looks that they need to settle. Most guys who wind up on a site like this have been drinking some sort of self improvement/new age/law of attraction Kool Aid pretty hard. They really believe this stuff. This type of material is everywhere. Just daydream about a lambo and miss teen USA and the car will be in your garage and the girl will be sitting in your lap soon enough.

Some of these guys get a double dose with RSD looks don't matter marketing. Then they actually go out and try it approaching everything in sight and get walloped. Then they try again and fail again. They try over and over again throughout their 20's. Maybe they get a bite from a fattie or two. Or maybe they don't. If they're smart, they "settle' for a normal/average looking girlfriend and get married.

Then there are guys who don't even try and they find themselves still single. In their 30's. Or they wait until even later. Then they wind up in the manosphere, MGTOW or just plain Incel. They're really in trouble now. If they were average or below average in their 20's, then the situation is usually likely to decline by their late 30's.

Now they are in their 40's. Now they're looking at mail order/internet brides from Eastern Europe and/or china or Colombia or wherever. At this point, their dating value has dropped off sharply. If they were a 5 or 6 in their 20's, a 4 or 5 in their 30's, now they are a 3 or 4. They are just begging to be ripped off. Dating scammers are seasoned vets duping gullible, desperate guys with rock bottom dating market value.

Not only that, these guys are competing against good looking guys in their 40's who are fresh off a divorce who actually have some game and are better looking. This means these guys are settling for sex workers and fake girlfriend experience types in Thailand, Brazil, or some other sex tourist spots.

So, guys in the average/below average categories, the choice is simple: marry a girl who is average looking but loyal and live far more happily than they would otherwise alone, and subject to constant sex scams as they try to pursue hot women. I know a lot of good guys in their 30's who are perfectly happy with somewhat average looking wives. These women are sweet and loyal and they have hobbies in common and provide each other with companionship.

I hope everyone who reads this figures this out sooner rather than later: average and below average looking guys cannot be players who pull hot or even cute girls on the regular. There's way too much competition out there and they are equally skilled, and far better looking and almost always far better socially connected.

Settling ain't bad. It means you didn't get scammed for years or even decades on end. Don't let the scammers win!
The scammers and the players usually dont get married and they run the game on folks outside their circle who have resources.
 

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The scammers and the players usually dont get married and they run the game on folks outside their circle who have resources.
Its literally a "racket" that was established late teens to early twenties and they do it till they die.
 

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What's odd is that guys on this forum taunt and criticize older women for wanting children because it's unrealistic and dangerous, yet they refuse to understand that average and below average looking guys wanting to date lots of hot girls is unrealistic and well, potentially dangerous (to your pocketbook that is).

If we are going to put women in their place and be realistic about their opportunities, then this same principle should be applied in evaluating men's dating lives as well.
 

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What's odd is that guys on this forum taunt and criticize older women for wanting children because it's unrealistic and dangerous, yet they refuse to understand that average and below average looking guys wanting to date lots of hot girls is unrealistic and well, potentially dangerous (to your pocketbook that is).

If we are going to put women in their place and be realistic about their opportunities, then this same principle should be applied in evaluating men's dating lives as well.
I liked how you called them "scammers".
 

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What's your definition of an average looking guy? Please use celebrities as an example?

What is your definition of an average looking woman? Most women can pass for cute, so I am not sure what average means? Again use celebrities as examples......

While very few men are strikingly handsome, very few men are also ugly. Most men fall in between.

BTW, If I had a dime for every time I saw a guy who was short, 15-20 lbs overweight, balding, etc, and or very average in the face with a girl who could pass for at least cute; I would be a millionaire by now.
 

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It's hard to tell guys who are average or below average in looks that they need to settle. Most guys who wind up on a site like this have been drinking some sort of self improvement/new age/law of attraction Kool Aid pretty hard. They really believe this stuff. This type of material is everywhere. Just daydream about a lambo and miss teen USA and the car will be in your garage and the girl will be sitting in your lap soon enough.

Some of these guys get a double dose with RSD looks don't matter marketing. Then they actually go out and try it approaching everything in sight and get walloped. Then they try again and fail again. They try over and over again throughout their 20's. Maybe they get a bite from a fattie or two. Or maybe they don't. If they're smart, they "settle' for a normal/average looking girlfriend and get married.

Then there are guys who don't even try and they find themselves still single. In their 30's. Or they wait until even later. Then they wind up in the manosphere, MGTOW or just plain Incel. They're really in trouble now. If they were average or below average in their 20's, then the situation is usually likely to decline by their late 30's.

Now they are in their 40's. Now they're looking at mail order/internet brides from Eastern Europe and/or china or Colombia or wherever. At this point, their dating value has dropped off sharply. If they were a 5 or 6 in their 20's, a 4 or 5 in their 30's, now they are a 3 or 4. They are just begging to be ripped off. Dating scammers are seasoned vets duping gullible, desperate guys with rock bottom dating market value.

Not only that, these guys are competing against good looking guys in their 40's who are fresh off a divorce who actually have some game and are better looking. This means these guys are settling for sex workers and fake girlfriend experience types in Thailand, Brazil, or some other sex tourist spots.

So, guys in the average/below average categories, the choice is simple: marry a girl who is average looking but loyal and live far more happily than they would otherwise alone, and subject to constant sex scams as they try to pursue hot women. I know a lot of good guys in their 30's who are perfectly happy with somewhat average looking wives. These women are sweet and loyal and they have hobbies in common and provide each other with companionship.

I hope everyone who reads this figures this out sooner rather than later: average and below average looking guys cannot be players who pull hot or even cute girls on the regular. There's way too much competition out there and they are equally skilled, and far better looking and almost always far better socially connected.

Settling ain't bad. It means you didn't get scammed for years or even decades on end. Don't let the scammers win!

Okay maybe average guys cannot pull girls who are super hot or bitchy but certainly they can pull most of the average/cute girls, hell why would you even try for that super hot chick who's gonna flip you off,
And it is also depends on your social circle.. don't be a super douche, keep your personality, be straight forward, and nice.. you will get plenty of chicks on regular basis, up to you if you wanna hang or no.
 

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It's hard to tell guys who are average or below average in looks that they need to settle. Most guys who wind up on a site like this have been drinking some sort of self improvement/new age/law of attraction Kool Aid pretty hard. They really believe this stuff. This type of material is everywhere. Just daydream about a lambo and miss teen USA and the car will be in your garage and the girl will be sitting in your lap soon enough.

Some of these guys get a double dose with RSD looks don't matter marketing. Then they actually go out and try it approaching everything in sight and get walloped. Then they try again and fail again. They try over and over again throughout their 20's. Maybe they get a bite from a fattie or two. Or maybe they don't. If they're smart, they "settle' for a normal/average looking girlfriend and get married.

Then there are guys who don't even try and they find themselves still single. In their 30's. Or they wait until even later. Then they wind up in the manosphere, MGTOW or just plain Incel. They're really in trouble now. If they were average or below average in their 20's, then the situation is usually likely to decline by their late 30's.

Now they are in their 40's. Now they're looking at mail order/internet brides from Eastern Europe and/or china or Colombia or wherever. At this point, their dating value has dropped off sharply. If they were a 5 or 6 in their 20's, a 4 or 5 in their 30's, now they are a 3 or 4. They are just begging to be ripped off. Dating scammers are seasoned vets duping gullible, desperate guys with rock bottom dating market value.

Not only that, these guys are competing against good looking guys in their 40's who are fresh off a divorce who actually have some game and are better looking. This means these guys are settling for sex workers and fake girlfriend experience types in Thailand, Brazil, or some other sex tourist spots.

So, guys in the average/below average categories, the choice is simple: marry a girl who is average looking but loyal and live far more happily than they would otherwise alone, and subject to constant sex scams as they try to pursue hot women. I know a lot of good guys in their 30's who are perfectly happy with somewhat average looking wives. These women are sweet and loyal and they have hobbies in common and provide each other with companionship.

I hope everyone who reads this figures this out sooner rather than later: average and below average looking guys cannot be players who pull hot or even cute girls on the regular. There's way too much competition out there and they are equally skilled, and far better looking and almost always far better socially connected.

Settling ain't bad. It means you didn't get scammed for years or even decades on end. Don't let the scammers win!
I think you got the age thing completely wrong
Men that stay in shape in theirs 30s is often higher smv than when they where younger

If a man keep some.muscle mass and a good bf% age dont affect them as much

I do agree that some guy aim too high and thats why they end up unhappy and frustrated
 

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If they're smart, they "settle' for a normal/average looking girlfriend and get married.
If they're smart, they actually figure it out and don't settle for less. Look at the head of RSD, you see a tall attractive man? No, he's a balding fat ginger. The main mistake guys do when they "try and try again" is that it's so incredibly contrived, it doesn't seem genuine which is THE most important thing about it. So the ancient advice stands, stop giving a fvck and do what you feel like.

You also just seem to only talk about looks as if that's the same as attractiveness. It is only a factor of attractiveness, but other factors can outweigh non-ideal looks. Even when cold approaching.

IMHO, men who fail and blame their looks haven't really put their souls into what they do. They can, but they don't. I'll agree with the stupidity of wishful thinking, but this isn't about intentions, it's about effort.

average and below average looking guys cannot be players who pull hot or even cute girls on the regular.
The evidence is against you, you'll see them all over the fvcking place if you open your eyes to it.
 

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While I agree that being willing to commit gets a guy +1 point in terms of SMV, I would like to remind everyone the low quality of the women nowadays and the state of things in terms of law and culture.

Committing may work when you get in a LTR with a girl a point above your SMV (which is not that great of a deal given that a today 6 was a 4.5 in the 90s).

In my opinion the most intelligent thing a man can do is honestly assess his value, the do anything possible to increase and once he is relatively close to him max decide if its worth to invest in what its available to him.

I believe a guy who becomes a 7.5 after his efforts could strike a decent deal with women especially if he is below 35 and willing to commit...on the other side a guy who despite his best efforts reach a 5.5 should avoid playing the field given the disproportionate cost-benefits ratio he finds.

The take away message is work hard to increase your value then live in REALITY when it comes of taking decisions.
 

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If they're smart, they actually figure it out and don't settle for less. Look at the head of RSD, you see a tall attractive man? No, he's a balding fat ginger. The main mistake guys do when they "try and try again" is that it's so incredibly contrived, it doesn't seem genuine which is THE most important thing about it. So the ancient advice stands, stop giving a fvck and do what you feel like.

You also just seem to only talk about looks as if that's the same as attractiveness. It is only a factor of attractiveness, but other factors can outweigh non-ideal looks. Even when cold approaching.
It's not the only factor but it's the biggest. And Owen Cook ain't pullin' models.

Take a look at the wealthiest average to below average looking men in the world: gates, Zuckerberg, ballmers, Buffett, Bezos. Are they pulling dime pieces? No, but they have presentable average to above average looking wives. Rupert Murdoch married a former model, jerry hall, who is now 63. Most of these guys are older now but they weren't pulling dimes in their 20's and 30's either. They weren't even seen with cute girls much less hot ones. Their wealth made no difference.

IMHO, men who fail and blame their looks haven't really put their souls into what they do. They can, but they don't. I'll agree with the stupidity of wishful thinking, but this isn't about intentions, it's about effort.
Blue pill new age woo woo.

The evidence is against you, you'll see them all over the fvcking place if you open your eyes to it.
Yeah you can open your fvckin eyes to lotto winners everywhere. Just be sure to check the odds.

btw, yeah I just performed this observational exercise and the evidence was overwhelming: most people are average looking and they are dating other average looking people. Outliers are just that: rare events.

The question is, how much of your time, money, emotional stability are you willing to sacrifice along the way? One such couple comes to mind: hot woman, average/below average looking man. They play kissy kissy on social media, but in person she insults him, argues with him and basically makes his life miserable in any way possible. Not to mention she tried to cheat on him with me. There's a price to pay after the fact as well.

Okay maybe average guys cannot pull girls who are super hot or bitchy but certainly they can pull most of the average/cute girls, hell why would you even try for that super hot chick who's gonna flip you off,
And it is also depends on your social circle.. don't be a super douche, keep your personality, be straight forward, and nice.. you will get plenty of chicks on regular basis, up to you if you wanna hang or no.
I understand. The blue pill is far more pleasant to swallow. But it's not reality.
 
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Average looking and below average dudes are killing it though. All my below average looks wise friends are slaying left and right.
This thread is a waste. Maybe if you directed this towards borderline incels
 

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So, guys in the average/below average categories, the choice is simple: marry a girl who is average looking but loyal and live far more happily than they would otherwise alone
So you are assuming average girl is already sitting there waiting them , but they are preferring to go and pickup some fatties ? Wrong ! most guys who come to learn pickup they cant get average girlfriend, so your augment is not correct.

Some of these guys get a double dose with RSD looks don't matter marketing.
At some point in my early redpill days I was under this "double dose" influence, and believe or not , it is not bad , I was so confidant and manly and if you looked I my eyes you will feel I can break the rock. The reason it was so good , because I was feeling good about myself and this is basic human need for their well being and health.
 

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It's not the only factor but it's the biggest. And Owen Cook ain't pullin' models.
Attraction is subjective, he doesn't give a fvck what you or me thinks about the women he pulls. I don't give a fvck what you think about what I like. Maybe to him they're attractive, while to you they're not. He's the fvcking judge of what's attractive to him.

Blue pill new age woo woo.
Blue pill? I don't care what you call it, fvck the Matrix references. I know reality better than you apparently seem to do. So fvck the red pill, if your head is filled with all these lies about reality I don't want that pill. You talk like a loser, but that's probably because looks is all you know, your game is probably garbage.

I'm not talking about any woo woo. I'm talking about actual skills, something anyone can train, but apparently few have the will to go through. Like you, giving up and saying "it's looks, might as well settle for less". THIS IS FVCKING BULLSH!T!!! Looks get your foot in the door easier, but doesn't have much staying power if your personality is otherwise a garbage loser. No man should EVER put themselves below a woman, which is what a guy will do following your advice. No matter the looks of the woman she'll soon enough make a doormat of such a man.

You seem to put yourself below women, sorry but that's a loser in my book.
 

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You guys are replying to @meldiamond alt account.

He's one smart dude who unfortunately can't back up his self deluded claim of being an alpha that slays pvssies.

The alpha that chickened out when challenged by Spaz.
 
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