Is it weird to not care about physical appearance of the person you're dating

[DreamingMyDreams]

and care about their resume/CV instead?

When I was younger, I was very attracted to guys with impressive resume. Like I was in HR interviewing candidates for jobs. lololol. My friends all thought it was weird that I seemed to bypass the first step -- physical attraction. At one point, I became semi-obsessed with a guy who everyone thought was ugly but had a very good resume.

Now I am older and resume/CV don't seem to matter so much anymore. It perplexes me why I was like that when I was younger. It's like I dove straight to resume/CV, ignored the physical appearance, and tried so hard to stick with the person eventhough he was a grade A douchebag.

Was I weird?

Oh, and I can also be considered an achiever of some sort and I have a good resume. I have been described as charming, even pretty sometimes.

Yeah, this was when I was younger.

Fast forward to today, resume (content ) ) doesn't mean squat for me anymore. It's the Chris Hemsworth of the world that's making me double-take.

It’s not that unusual to find smart successful people attractive.

It's like I dove straight to resume/CV, ignored the physical appearance, and tried so hard to stick with the person eventhough he was a grade A douchebag.

Was I weird?

Weird? To stick with a "douchebag" because they have a nice CV? Perish the thought

why on earth you would bare your soul on AIBU is one thing mind..

I am also attracted to smart, successful people. I can be insanely attracted to nerds. It's a thing. It's the brain for me - whoar.

So it could be you were so blinded by their er profile it took you a while to realise some of them were douchebags - law of averages and all that -

in much the same way as someone can be physically dazzlingly attractive and it can take a while to realise they may be a douchebag.

etc.

resume. lololol. hellla. can't cope.

why on earth you would bare your soul on AIBU is one thing mind.

It's anonymous.

Are you Melania Trump?

Honestly I will never understand these ridiculous "Bridget Jones" type shopping lists of requirements that really shouldn't be taking priority.

Are you Melania Trump?

I don't think Melania went for brains ;)

I think Mrs Merton sums up the OP pretty well.

Sapiosexual. I'm one too. Physical attraction just never happens for me. It's intelligence. The higher their qualifications, the better their job, the more they've done, the more I fancy them.
My current partner is kinda overweight and not by any stretch conventionally attractive. But I adore him. He runs a software company and is a director. He also got to PhD level and excels at everything he does. We also talk about politics and feminism. It's a turn on for me.
No not weird.

Well blow me, I'm a sapiosexual. Every day's a school day.