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Originally Posted by Lubeboy
I had a discussion with my friend last night about women. He says I'm too picky and that's why I don't have a girlfriend right now. Anyway here's what I look for in a woman in no particular order:
1) Smart. Head on her shoulders
2) Great sense of humor
3) Cute, skinny or petite.
4) Loves to eat and try new foods.
5) Likes me for me.
Is that too much to ask for?
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(1) how smart? Remember, the smarter she is, the smarter she will probably want you to be. Say top 20%?
(2) how funny? Top 20% humor wise?
(3) how cute/skinny? Bottom 20% of the population your age? You do realize that this will somewhat anti-correlate with (1)?
(4) you do realize that this will somewhat anti-correlate with (3), right?
(5) requires that you be at least as good, and that she has similar criteria. Most women are in a relationship already and won't find you worth the effort to see if they want to 'trade up' (or down) for you. Let's say 20% will like you!
Let's assume that each of 1 through 5 is a 20% chance, and the correlations and the anti-correlations cancel out.
The girl that passes those tests is a one in 3125 girl.
At 1 date with a new girl per week, that's 60 years to find your girl.
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A way to get the girl of your dreams: find out what categories that people in general care about that
you care about less. And don't care about them.
If your goal is a gymnast doctor who does improv comedy on the side, realize that that same girl is quite capable of picking up a ridiculously high status high quality man instead of you. And that woman has men throwing themselves at her, using every pickup trick in the book: you won't be worth considering as a romantic partner.
So if your standards are high,
you have to be high quality to even get in the door, because she won't have the time to try out every man who wants to be with her.
Your list aligns with the typical status ordering of attractiveness of females. So depending on how picky you are, you are competing with the most possible men for your degree of pickyness.