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View Poll Results: Would you rather be rejected for being...
Unattractive 12 36.36%
Boring 21 63.64%
Voters: 33. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 05-26-2012, 04:53 PM
 
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Looks for sure because it's more straight forward and immediate.
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Old 05-26-2012, 05:28 PM
 
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I perfer to not be reject for either...

Since I'm devilishly handsome and witty to boot....

I didn't get rejected much.....


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Old 05-26-2012, 05:46 PM
 
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Despite what you may think, it is extremely rare for guys to get rejected for their looks. It is almost always the guys behavior (lack of: confidence, assertivness or charm or displaying feminine traits) that gets guys rejected. If you have below average looks and you let it affect your behavior, than it is still the behavior that gets you rejected. Same goes for height, money, status, and many other excuses which guys blame for their failure with the opposite sex. A confident and charming guy, with below average looks, can land pretty much any woman he wants.
Why don't ya just answer the question instead of quoting askmen.com?
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Old 05-26-2012, 07:40 PM
 
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A confident and charming guy, with below average looks, can land pretty much any woman he wants.
It's the exception rather than the rule. Maybe for a while. If a woman finds a richer, better looking, MORE confident, and MORE charming guy, and she's not married, she will trade him in.

If you can present stats to the contrary, I'll believe you. If not, I don't think most people would. I'm not wet behind the ears and what I see is that most people hook up with a demographic equal, in that they are equally matched in looks, brains, beliefs, socioeconomic status and whatnot, some eight or nine out of ten times.
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Old 05-26-2012, 07:45 PM
 
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Despite what you may think, it is extremely rare for guys to get rejected for their looks. It is almost always the guys behavior (lack of: confidence, assertivness or charm or displaying feminine traits) that gets guys rejected. If you have below average looks and you let it affect your behavior, than it is still the behavior that gets you rejected. Same goes for height, money, status, and many other excuses which guys blame for their failure with the opposite sex. A confident and charming guy, with below average looks, can land pretty much any woman he wants.
I think you're a bit delusional here. I reject guys based on looks alone all the time. It wouldn't matter to me how confident or charming they were.
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Old 05-26-2012, 08:03 PM
 
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It's the exception rather than the rule. Maybe for a while. If a woman finds a richer, better looking, MORE confident, and MORE charming guy, and she's not married, she will trade him in.

If you can present stats to the contrary, I'll believe you. If not, I don't think most people would. I'm not wet behind the ears and what I see is that most people hook up with a demographic equal, in that they are equally matched in looks, brains, beliefs, socioeconomic status and whatnot, some eight or nine out of ten times.
It's called optimism bias.

If Ascension believes that most women are non-shallow, then he will not be afraid to approach and get to know many women regardless of what he looks like or what his object of desire looks like. He can attribute all of his rejections to approach or personality because women rarely reveal the reason for rejection unless heavily prodded.

Since there is little a man can do to improve his looks past a certain plateau, he will work on his confidence and game and really be better off.

I should do it as well. I just can't bring myself to believe there are so few shallow women out there.

Plus, I kind of like who I am.
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