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Original poster

Working class men are the most attractive

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User3365237 · 17/10/2025 12:21

And there's no convincing me otherwise.

AIBU?

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WiseSheep · 17/10/2025 12:51

Personally, at the risk of being wrong, I'd say tradies within a certain age bracket are the most attractive. Physically at least. So OP I do agree with you insofar as these are working class jobs but don't agree as certainly not all working class men are in the trades.

MrsSkylerWhite · 17/10/2025 12:51

Tom Hardy isn’t working class. You apparently like posh blokes, too.

Jugjug · 17/10/2025 12:49

Jugjug · 17/10/2025 12:47

I prefer a professional man lawyer or doctor like but one who hits the gym in his spare time so has a good body. I want intelligent conversation

and before someone calls me a snob I’ve read enough Mumsnet threads to know I’m in the “underclass” didn’t even make the working class haha

Patrick Bateman from American psycho without the murder maybe

5128gap · 17/10/2025 12:48

I don't like pale indoor men much and i find the well kept hands of the office worker deeply unattractive. However once men reach a certain age, a gentler lifestyle and more cash to throw at thenselves tends to be kinder on the appearance than 40 years of hard graft.

RaininSummer · 17/10/2025 12:48

Not so sure about the type of blokes who are labourers on sites but a fit, intelligent and skilled self employed tradesman with all his tools can be a delightful sight to behold.

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User3365237 · 17/10/2025 12:47

Grin @nomas

Don't worry, they're out there! @Slightyamusedandsilly

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Jugjug · 17/10/2025 12:47

I prefer a professional man lawyer or doctor like but one who hits the gym in his spare time so has a good body. I want intelligent conversation

and before someone calls me a snob I’ve read enough Mumsnet threads to know I’m in the “underclass” didn’t even make the working class haha

ImFckingMattDamon · 17/10/2025 12:46

welcometotheblackparadee · 17/10/2025 12:39

Give me a man in worker boots, the pants with all the pockets and calluses on his hands any day of the week 😍

No shame in saying I have a type and it's absolutely manual labourer.

Oooh me too. I think even relatively plain men become a lot more attractive if they are wearing tradie clothes 😍

Pleasegetmeacoffeesotired · 17/10/2025 12:45

Thingyfanding1 · 17/10/2025 12:43

If you like small heads, eyes to close together and thin lips then I guess so.

That sounds like all the middle class men, I've ever met.

Slightyamusedandsilly · 17/10/2025 12:45

User3365237 · 17/10/2025 12:21

And there's no convincing me otherwise.

AIBU?

They are more masculine. But in an ideal world I'd like a combo of masculine with highly intellectual. And that is an imaginary combo. So I'll just stay single, thanks.

Original poster
User3365237 · 17/10/2025 12:45

Thingyfanding1 · 17/10/2025 12:43

If you like small heads, eyes to close together and thin lips then I guess so.

Er, what?

Interesting @Recycledblonde just read his bio.

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Thingyfanding1 · 17/10/2025 12:43

If you like small heads, eyes to close together and thin lips then I guess so.

Recycledblonde · 17/10/2025 12:42

User3365237 · 17/10/2025 12:39

Tom Hardy (and dare I day it, Danny Dyer).

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Tom Hardy isn’t working class, he’s public school educated.

SisterMargaretta · 17/10/2025 12:42

I find men with similar values and humour to me attractive. Those things can come from any social background. Some of the men I have seen on building sites are not at all attractive to me - possibly to do with past interactions of wolf-whistling or cat-calling. Not to mention "builders' bum".

nomas · 17/10/2025 12:41

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User3365237 · 17/10/2025 12:40

Crossed post! @CryOverSpilledIrnBru

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welcometotheblackparadee · 17/10/2025 12:39

Give me a man in worker boots, the pants with all the pockets and calluses on his hands any day of the week 😍

No shame in saying I have a type and it's absolutely manual labourer.

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User3365237 · 17/10/2025 12:39

mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/10/2025 12:33

Like who though? We need a celeb as an example 👀

Tom Hardy (and dare I day it, Danny Dyer).

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CryOverSpilledIrnBru · 17/10/2025 12:38

@User3365237 does Danny Dyer get your knickers wagging?

sleepingstar · 17/10/2025 12:38

Not physically attractive to me but I do like an RP accent though but wouldn’t swap Dh in for an accent.

Pleasegetmeacoffeesotired · 17/10/2025 12:37

My type too. I loveeeee seeing my husband in his work uniform.

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User3365237 · 17/10/2025 12:36

I'm talking about the rugged types on building sites etc. Intelligence and class are entirely separate.

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PollyBell · 17/10/2025 12:36

So you know evey single working class man or not to be able to determine that as fact?

GoldMerchant · 17/10/2025 12:34

I'm not confident I can identify someone's social class on sight alone. Or by their accent.

Also, if you mean, all working class men are rugged and strong because they do manual labour, vs. all middle class men are weedy bookworms plays into some pretty poor class and gender stereotypes.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/10/2025 12:33

Like who though? We need a celeb as an example 👀

Judge Judy GIF