I find it interesting that in books or films whenever for example someone has a new girlfriend the approving comments from family, friends or whatever are always "wow, she's really beautiful", never, "wow she's really smart" or "wow she's really caring".
Appreciate this is the movies but it does seem that physical attraction plays a bigger part in relationships, love etc than perhaps we care to admit?
I've talked before about my desire for fuller figure women, and I have to say that no matter how great a girl was, I really don't believe I could truely fall for a slim woman. It has less to do with how "pretty" they are, and more to do with "my type", and in women my "type" is big and curvy!
I once went out with an older lady who was a great person but if I'm honest not especially pretty at all. But she just had a body that so did it for me, all voluptuous curves and hips and thighs and breasts. I couldn't keep my hands off her! But I've been out with more conventionally "pretty" girls that just leave me a bit cold...
Maybe this whole "type" thing has more importance than we admit to.
And maybe it extends further than just "the look". Maybe for instance there is a smell compatibility thing that we're not even conciously aware of?
Interested in your thoughts, comments on this one.
A friend of mine has always gone out with slim "model type" women, and frankly not had much luck with them (an understatement to be honest!!)
About a year ago he met a very nice girl who he gets on well with, she's got a good sense of humour, clearly worships the ground he walks on (strangely), is independant, successful, charasmatic, pretty, all the things he's always wanted.
But he's into thin women and she's not. If he's being honest with me he'll admit that she has (in his eyes, can't see it myself) quite a large bottom and thick thighs.
Now he'll be the first to admit that to criticise her for these things given all her good points is pretty damn shallow, and to be fair he doesn't, he accepts that she's not perfect as indeed he isn't, and as I say he's been seeing her for a year, still is.
But I sense, I know in fact that whilst he's very fond of her, cares deeply about her, loves her in fact, he's not really in love with her, do you know what I mean?
So how important is looks to true love? Are (some of, most of?) us men just really really shallow? As a woman, could you fall in love with a man you didn't really fancy (not necessarily ugly, just not your type)?
It strikes me that whenever the subject of intense love crops up, looks is always not far behind. Do you believe in love at first sight? I didn't until I saw someone one day and fell instantly in love. I never spoke to her and I didn't see her for a year but never stopped thinking about her. A year later I saw her again at the same annual event and this time spoke to her. We met up afterwards and almost immediately struck up a full passionate and intense love affair which very sadly ended because despite her many good points and her undoubted beauty in my eyes, she was uncontrollably neurotic and jealous and I couldn't stand or live with the constant accusations, tears and recrimminations from someone I loved so much for no reason. But that "love at first sight" thing, that was, must have been, based just purely on her appearance, right? So does that make me very shallow, or is phsical attraction the most (or one of the most) important ingredience of true love?
And my friend, should he stay with this woman that he gets on so well with, or should the fact that she (rightly or wrongly) isn't his type physically mean that despite how well they get on he really ought to be looking for someone who "really does it for him"?
I think he's having half a relationship. He's got all the true friendship stuff and couple stuff going on, but he's not in love. Is he just a shallow man or is this normal and should he find someone he can be in love with even if that person isn't as "nice" as his current lady?
How much does looks matter in the serious business of being seriously in love?
Notihng like that new car smell...! :thumbup:
What is it?
SO come on, someone must have some photos...??? :bounce:
Jags does have a Jag though, right...??? :confused: