Do men have relationships/marry women much less attractive than them ?

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I saw a male celebrity is dating a woman much more attractive than them. I was wondering have any Mners had LTRs , married men who are much more attractive than them? I don't see many women punching in real life or even many celebrity women.

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I may not be a 10/10 in the ballroom, but I’m 10/10 in the bedroom.
That’s how I landed my DH 😍

Of course he agrees and often says “Lay a man right the first time, and you can walk all over him for years”

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What did it say @ily0xx I missed it

He sounds like a proper twit

I do know one man who really was blessed by the gods-looks like Prince Charming,

My brain read that very slightly ahead of my eyes and told me it said 'Prince Charles'

Surely, the people saying that there are a lot more attractive women (whether naturally, with makeup/accessories/looking after themselves) than there are attractive men.... doesn't that kind of just level the 'playing field' anyway?

If a woman is heterosexual, she isn't going to choose another woman for a partner, however beautiful, rather than an average-looking man, is she?

In the same way, a lot of people have the (odd) idea that tall is usually more attractive, but that still doesn't turn the eyes of straight men towards the sex that includes far more taller people.

I've seen this on the school run! The mum is very glamorous (slim, blonde and well dressed). Her husband is overweight, a bit greasy looking, sometimes wears some sort of bear onesie and shuffles his feet along rather than picking them up. I can only imagine it's true love/a meeting of the minds.

I agree because she's famous as well but honestly if we're talking about the same Scottish singer I think he's EXTREMELY attractive. Something about a Whitburn accent and he's also absolutely hilarious + big and boory. Plus that voice. If he wasn't famous I think he'd end up with quite a stunning GF anyway purely down to his personality. I know a few guys like him from school and they all ended up with really attractive partners.

She’s of the belief that anyone who disagrees with rating people out of 10 (or disagrees with her) is apparently an unattractive fishwife. If we were young and hot like her, we wouldn’t be so triggered. 🤣🤣🤣

It’s called the Danny Horst rule.

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If I’m honest I’d say that’s me and Dh. I’m quite plain, don’t really bother with make up, bit tubby.

Dh is slim and when we got together 25 years ago was very good looking ( still is for his age).

i knew him for ages before we got together so I like to think I dazzled him with my wit. In reality we had what I assumed to be a drunken one night stand and then we’ve been together since then.

I know a couple of men who have done this. In both cases though, the women were from extremely wealthy families. The relationships did seem genuine though.

I know a few like this, it will be personality and not just looks

Same for the Scottish singer, he’s incredibly funny, doesn’t take himself seriously, seems very genuine etc. That will be what gets him the attention.

An old friend of mine is very similar, always had absolutely stunning girlfriends and everyone said he was punching. But he could always make the ladies laugh and they’d be melting around him on nights out! 😂

I agree it's much more common that the woman is better looking (or the couple are on a par) than the other way around. But I do know a few couples where the man is a real looker and the woman not so much but in all those cases the woman is very charismatic and everyone loves her and her company. So it's just a different sort of currency. I would say in our younger days my husband was definitely better looking. I'm not bad but have rather "Jolie laide" looks and definitely benefit from make up. But by the time we met he was 30s and I was 20s so I had youth to balance it out. Now we are older and he's rather overweight and I'm not so we've stayed on a par overall but in different ways.

My son in law is constantly being told he is punching by being with my adult dd. He laughs it off but dd gets very irritated and will tell people that to her he is good looking. In addition he is one of the kindest, most caring young men I have ever met. Surely that’s far more important.

Round where I live (working class yorkshire village) the men are usually the better looking ones, and that's coming from someone who thinks women are more attractive in general so I'm not biased.

I never said that either.

If I see a 70 year old billionaire with a 25 year old beautiful, slim model type of woman, my first thought is that the money and lifestyle is the main attraction. Nothing says that he can't be witty, charming etc. But do you really think a slim, beautiful 25 year old would go out with Fred from number 73 in Hull if he was witty and charming? I think the percentage of that happening is very slim.

It does happen, both IRL and in the celebrity world. Harry Kane is nobody’s idea of handsome, but he could easily have married a the sort of stunningly attractive model / influencer type who throw themselves at PL footballers, instead he is married to a normal looking woman. They were football-mad childhood friends.

If I see a 70 year old billionaire with a 25 year old beautiful, slim model type of woman, my first thought is that the money and lifestyle is the main attraction. Nothing says that he can't be witty, charming etc. But do you really think a slim, beautiful 25 year old would go out with Fred from number 73 in Hull if he was witty and charming? I think the percentage of that happening is very slim.

No, I do agree when you have extreme age gaps and when you get people from poorer countries who quite likely see an ordinary person they meet on the internet - and whom they instantly declare to be the love of their life, in spite of stark differences in culture, age, circumstances, language etc. - as little more than their passport to a wealthier, more privileged country.

Also, when you have somebody like the extremely famous nonagenarian billionaire who recently got engaged for a short time before 'dismissing' his intended - who is very widely known for being, shall we say, not the most pleasant person you could meet - it looks quite conclusive that the money is the main/only draw.

I just think that, when you have two people of a similar-ish age, from the same country (or two countries with similar cultures, same language), similar 'status' in life, a lot of positive attributes to offer each other (albeit not the same reciprocal things).... I wouldn't jump to that same conclusion at all. Just because the woman in this couple clearly doesn't see male-model looks as an essential in a partner, that in no way means that she only loves him for his money.

My Dh is much more attractive (and successful) than me. I think he likes me for my personality. It does worry me a bit tbh-and it's not always the nicest feeling as I can really tell sometimes that people are wondering why he got together with me.

I know one couple like that, they met and married very quickly. When I met him I thought, wow. And then he spoke, and he was like a humourless block of wood, and I revised my opinion of who was punching in the relationship.

Charisma, sex appeal, confidence & voice also factor in.