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Pickings are slim already. Almost every attractive woman my age is married or in a serious relationship. And there are far fewer opportunities to meet women in the first place.
In my experience (this may or may not apply in your case), men who say "pickings are slim" are usually men who wouldn't consider dating a woman who wasn't drop-dead gorgeous. The problem isn't that too many women are married or in relationships. The problem is to few women are "hot" enough to meet their standards. Just sayin'.
Pickings are slim already. Almost every attractive woman my age is married or in a serious relationship. And there are far fewer opportunities to meet women in the first place.
Therein lies your problem, and with a lot of guys; your expectations isnt realistic. Need to set the bar lower.
Don't want to? Well, you better offer more than a whining attitude and your subpar looks if you want to land an attractive woman.
Pickings are slim already. Almost every attractive woman my age is married or in a serious relationship. And there are far fewer opportunities to meet women in the first place.
Honest assessment?
Single men in their mid-20s may have many dating opportunities. Or they may have few. Depends on the man.
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In my experience (this may or may not apply in your case), men who say "pickings are slim" are usually men who wouldn't consider dating a woman who wasn't drop-dead gorgeous. The problem isn't that too many women are married or in relationships. The problem is to few women are "hot" enough to meet their standards. Just sayin'.
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OP, the dating field can't be as bad as you say, because there are women in your age-range (21, 22, 23) who are still in college or just finishing, who don't have bf's. I don't know where you're looking for women, but you're missing out on a major pool of possibilities. IMO it's your negative 'tude that needs to change.
So many great comments in this thread by Djuna, Ruth and quite a few more. OP the reality is women do care about looks. Why men believe women don't judge on looks I haven't figured out. The reality we do and the better looking women have more options. Men in their 20's have a lot of options and depending on the area have many single women. In fact I've known a lot of single people way into the mid 30's. The problem many men run into is they only want the hottest women and they have many options.
Therein lies your problem, and with a lot of guys; your expectations isnt realistic.
Physical attraction is a prerequisite for overall attraction. It's not like I can magically "lower my expectations." Either a woman is sexually attractive to me or she is not. About 20-30% of women are sexually attractive to me, so that leaves a reasonable number. Problem is that they're almost all taken.
OP, the dating field can't be as bad as you say, because there are women in your age-range (21, 22, 23) who are still in college or just finishing, who don't have bf's. I don't know where you're looking for women, but you're missing out on a major pool of possibilities.
I'm 25, graduated from college and live in the middle of nowhere.
Physical attraction is a prerequisite for overall attraction. It's not like I can magically "lower my expectations." Either a woman is sexually attractive to me or she is not. About 20-30% of women are sexually attractive to me, so that leaves a reasonable number. Problem is that they're almost all taken.
Are you attractive too? So many men want the top tier of women and refuse to settle but then end up alone. I had a friend like that who ended up dying single at 52.
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