[Mars]

I just noticed; I am far more likely to be accepted by a girl I look down upon than one I respect in dating matters.

Why is this?

[FUBAR-BDHR]

No response but I'm breaking out the popcorn. 

[Colonol Dekker]

No no no. . .
 
This is nonsense. Don't look down on women, just don't be a pushover or a lovesick puppy.
 You can be respectful and still be a man.

[Dilmah G]

Mars, you're confusing wittiness with being a dickhead.

EDIT: Or well, teasing the girl a little.

And it's probably because your standards are too high, if the only women that appeal to you are supposedly below your benchmark.

[JMN]

I just noticed; I am far more likely to be accepted by a girl I look down upon than one I respect in dating matters.

Why is this?

Just two advices from DavidX, the world most successful pick up artist:
- "who cares what she thinks"
- "in a relationship you are most important"
just apply it IRL with total sincerity about your needs and shazaam
ps.
don't wonder why it works, it works

[Goober5000]

Women want to date and marry men whom they consider superior to themselves.  (Even women who are doctors and CEOs.)  So try levelling up somewhere: fitness, intelligence, social sophistication, job level, etc.

Men can artificially create this situation by treating women with contempt, thus fooling them into thinking they are inferior.  This is not an ideal strategy, of course.

* Goober5000 deploys anti-personnel shield

[Dilmah G]

I just noticed; I am far more likely to be accepted by a girl I look down upon than one I respect in dating matters.

Why is this?

Just two advices from DavidX, the world most successful pick up artist:
- "who cares what she thinks"
- "in a relationship you are most important"
just apply it IRL with total sincerity about your needs and shazaam
ps.
don't wonder why it works, it works

Methinks poor interpretation of those two quotes is going to get someone nowhere.

Women want to date and marry men whom they consider superior to themselves.  (Even women who are doctors and CEOs.)  So try levelling up somewhere: fitness, intelligence, social sophistication, job level, etc.

Men can artificially create this situation by treating women with contempt, thus fooling them into thinking they are inferior.  This is not an ideal strategy, of course.

* Goober5000 deploys anti-personnel shield

Never heard that line of thinking before. Interesting.

[Colonol Dekker]

It's true though. Most women do want some responsibility taken away from them. This is human female nature. Whether hardcoded or not it is the very foundation of the dynamic.
 
People (men and women both) want a partner they can be co-dependant with. Not a bend over backwards conformer(slave) or fully dependant (child) personality type other half.
 
Initially at least.

[Klaustrophobia]

Women want to date and marry men whom they consider superior to themselves.  (Even women who are doctors and CEOs.)  So try levelling up somewhere: fitness, intelligence, social sophistication, job level, etc.

Men can artificially create this situation by treating women with contempt, thus fooling them into thinking they are inferior.  This is not an ideal strategy, of course.

* Goober5000 deploys anti-personnel shield

gah, i wish that worked for me.  what with being a rather accomplished athelete and a nuclear engineer and all. 

[Colonol Dekker]

Are you Doc Connors or Reed Richards

[NGTM-1R]

Women want to date and marry men whom they consider superior to themselves.  (Even women who are doctors and CEOs.)  So try levelling up somewhere: fitness, intelligence, social sophistication, job level, etc.

Men can artificially create this situation by treating women with contempt, thus fooling them into thinking they are inferior.  This is not an ideal strategy, of course.

* Goober5000 deploys anti-personnel shield

Wow Goob. Tell us how you really feel about sex and gender. Don't hold back.

[Bob-san]

I just noticed; I am far more likely to be accepted by a girl I look down upon than one I respect in dating matters.

Why is this?

Probably because you feel more confident in yourself by "dating down". You probably feel vulnerable when dating someone you see as an equal.

[Kosh]

I just noticed; I am far more likely to be accepted by a girl I look down upon than one I respect in dating matters.

Why is this?

Girls are stupid. They take all the rights and privliges won by the previous generation and basically piss it away, at least when it comes to this. You know the saying, nice guys finish last.

[Rick James]

Girls are stupid. They take all the rights and privliges won by the previous generation and basically piss it away, at least when it comes to this. You know the saying, nice guys finish last.

Bull****, from start to finish. Generally speaking, a great many teenage girls are that way, but those in college or other higher education make for a more palatable dating pool. Nice guys finish last? Nice guys tend to finish with women who care about things like intelligence and confidence.

[General Battuta]

 

[Fineus]

Something to bear in mind here...

Everyone is making sweeping generalizations. Now I usually like those - they're based on some kind of logic even if it is sometimes fuzzy. But you have to keep in mind that everyone is different, unique, won't necessarily fit into whatever bracket you intended to put them in.

You might decide to try dating "below" your punching weight in order to get your confidence up, but the girl that you pick out might have just had a string of abusive relationships and decide to stop taking any **** from the men in her life - so you move in with an air of confidence and pow, she shoots you down. You couldn't see it coming, but it's easy to see why assumptions don't always work out the way you planned... see?

I don't think there has ever been a hard and fast rule to dating. You can narrow it down some but it's not an exact science.

[Dilmah G]

Girls are stupid. They take all the rights and privliges won by the previous generation and basically piss it away, at least when it comes to this. You know the saying, nice guys finish last.

Bull****, from start to finish. Generally speaking, a great many teenage girls are that way, but those in college or other higher education make for a more palatable dating pool. Nice guys finish last? Nice guys tend to finish with women who care about things like intelligence and confidence.

Amen. Combine being a decent human being with a good sense of humour + wittiness, and you're set. Takes practice to pull it off, sure, so does everything else in this world.

[JMN]

Girls are stupid. They take all the rights and privliges won by the previous generation and basically piss it away, at least when it comes to this. You know the saying, nice guys finish last.


Bull****, from start to finish. Generally speaking, a great many teenage girls are that way, but those in college or other higher education make for a more palatable dating pool. Nice guys finish last? Nice guys tend to finish with women who care about things like intelligence and confidence.

... and are usually ugly ( intelligence and confidence are such pretty words for that )
Actually yes and no. Last guys do finish last and even more then that - what they get as last can be taken away from them at any moment by more aggressive players.

Something to bear in mind here...

Everyone is making sweeping generalizations. Now I usually like those - they're based on some kind of logic even if it is sometimes fuzzy. But you have to keep in mind that everyone is different, unique, won't necessarily fit into whatever bracket you intended to put them in.

You might decide to try dating "below" your punching weight in order to get your confidence up, but the girl that you pick out might have just had a string of abusive relationships and decide to stop taking any **** from the men in her life - so you move in with an air of confidence and pow, she shoots you down. You couldn't see it coming, but it's easy to see why assumptions don't always work out the way you planned... see?

I don't think there has ever been a hard and fast rule to dating. You can narrow it down some but it's not an exact science.

You hit the nail on the head. It's usually easier picking up prettier gals, they're more open to men and don't have many psychological blockades ugly girls have.

Takes practice to pull it off, sure, so does everything else in this world.

Amen.

[S-99]

Be yourself, and be an asshole. Do not be a dickhead.
This is advice coming from someone who's extremely bitter about the whole dating scene (in alaska).
You tend to get this way when all you meet are idiots, alcoholics, drug abusers, or women who had kids at age 15 (alaska's pretty bad to find this on a consistent basis).
Tell you what, that ought to just narrow down anyones dating

[Dilmah G]

Marketing yourself, so to speak, in a more attractive manner doesn't hurt either. (as opposed to acting like a completely different person and not being yourself.)

Wear some nice clothes and have a shower.