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Old 12-21-2010, 12:18 PM
 
Location: London, U.K.
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Just wondering what others think. Do you enjoy sex with someone you are not attracted to? I've a close friend who clearly has the hots for me.
We're perfectly suited personality wise, yet i find her physicaly unattractive. I've been in relationships with people like this before, and hated every minute of it- particuarly the sex. Do others here feel the same?
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Old 12-21-2010, 12:24 PM
 
Location: Between Philadelphia and Allentown, PA
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Just wondering what others think. Do you enjoy sex with someone you are not attracted to? I've a close friend who clearly has the hots for me.
We're perfectly suited personality wise, yet i find her physicaly unattractive. I've been in relationships with people like this before, and hated every minute of it- particuarly the sex. Do others here feel the same?

I'm sure I'll get lots of crap for my response but oh well , lol.
I JUST had this conversation with my daughter (who is 22) last night. She is set up on a dating site, and has began talking to this guy who isn't a bad looking guy but he's not good looking either, I'd rate him "average".. he's not HER type was my point which was also why she asked my opinion because she said the same thing.

She cited that her "type" never seems to work out and seem to be more into themselves than their girlfriends so she's trying to step out of her "comfort zone" and try new "looks" for lack of better term. I explained that he's not a bad looking guy but that his expressions speak sincerity to me.. (something about his eyes) - so I said having looks is a great thing, it's almost easier for some people if they are good looking but at the end of the day, looks only go so far and there better be one heck of a personality to match.

People grow old, looks fade, etc... BUT we both agreed that we can't have sex with someone we are not physically attracted to. Meaning, there has to be something physically appealing to "me" for me to be attracted.

I also had this similar discussion with a guy friend of mine. He asked if I could sleep with an ugly guy for a set amount of money - every amount he said, I still said no. I just can't do it. I can't give up something so personal to someone I have no physical attraction to.
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Old 12-21-2010, 12:24 PM
 
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I have to at least be somewhat attracted to the other person; otherwise, I won't be interested.
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Old 12-21-2010, 12:27 PM
 
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There is a girl or two I see often who are quite my type, which I consider hard to find. It's just that I don't find obese women attractive and the other one is not bad. I've gone out with girls who are drop dead gorgeous but are not my type at all. Frustrating, I know.
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Old 12-21-2010, 12:27 PM
 
Location: In my ponytail dreams
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It is not right for the partner. I could not be relationship like that and I wish anyone would not be with me if seeing me brings puke to his lips instead smile.
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Old 12-21-2010, 12:32 PM
 
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you have to have some physical characteristics.

Like at first I didnt like my husband because of his height....but we are the same height so I got use to it...he is overall very handsome and he dresses very nicely.
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Old 12-21-2010, 12:35 PM
 
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Initially, no I could not be in a relationship with someone I wasn't attracted to.

However, if I developed a long-term relationship with someone I had an attraction to, and they suffered a disfigurement then yes. By that point the relationship is more than skin deep and the attraction is to the whole person rather than just their looks.
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Old 12-21-2010, 12:40 PM
 
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I have been attracted to women who aren't universally attractive and I knew that. But there were some physical things about them that were attractive. In fact I am more attracted to some women who are less universally attractive than others who are. Like I dated a couple woman a few times that my friends said was cute, but something about their personality irked me and their physical flaw stood out because of that.

But, no, if I'm not attracted to them, I can't date them. It doesn't mean that from an online photo, you can tell which way it will go all the time.
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Old 12-21-2010, 12:46 PM
 
Location: Back in the gym...Yo Adrian!
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There has to be some attraction there for me to take things past friendship.
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Old 12-21-2010, 12:47 PM
 
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Yes, I wasted 3 years of my life dating someone I was never physically attracted too simply because we got a long and had a lot of things in common. It was 3 years of hell though. Thankfully I ended it.
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