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Working class men are the most attractive

283 replies

User3365237 · 17/10/2025 12:21

And there's no convincing me otherwise.

AIBU?

OP posts:
Brassknucks · 17/10/2025 13:29

I’m wc and I mostly dated wc/middle class men, once I gave a lord a cheeky hand job. He was a bit posher than MC. I didn’t have a type as long as they were funny.
I ended up with the smartest man I ever met, wc but very educated and well read and reasonably funny but mostly kind, and helpfully for me, really fit to look at.
But for a WC bloke his DiY skills are fucking abysmal. He looks like he is fresh out of strangeways and is off to find a job labouring before he reverts back to selling cocaine, but he is actually headed to an independent book shop before picking up a bubble tea for himself.

Luckyingame · 17/10/2025 13:33

May I ask, based on what????

JohnBullshit · 17/10/2025 13:34

Rolled up sleeves are what do it for me, and I don't much care if the shirt collar is blue or white. I like the wearer to be intelligent, preferably a tiny bit less intelligent than me, but a thick bloke is a big turn-off, whatever class he might be.

MO0N · 17/10/2025 13:35

User3365237 · 17/10/2025 13:20

lean but heavily muscled physique with hands like shovels

Yes indeedy @MO0N.

Mid 30s peak male attractiveness imo.

Working class probably wasn't the best wording. Maybe should have included a 'light-hearted' in there too for the uptight among us!

IME early to mid 40s is the peak.
But, in addition to grafting for a living, he needs to be a man who goes to the gym and knows how to lift.

XWKD · 17/10/2025 13:36

Well you generally don't see Supreme Court justices up on the roof in sexy little shorts while showing off their rippling torsos, so it's hard to know... 🤔

aCatCalledFawkes · 17/10/2025 13:38

Hmmmm well I don't like blanket statements but I was married to carpenter and I guess some people like his current wife would call him attractive. I have also dated other tradesmen and another who was I guess what you class as WC.
None of them lasted, most of them used to talk endlessly about their day/work and ask me very little about mine, as they "don't do IT" 🙄. They also had being skint in common. They were quite good at putting shelves up, fixing things and building flat pack though.
Dating someone now who isn't skint and who does understand my job (the good bits and the frustrating bits) is abit of a revelation.

StrengthPleaseToday · 17/10/2025 13:40

Based on purely the aesthetics of the work attire I would say builder/carpenter/gardener/mechanic attire looks better than office attire. And those are traditionally working class jobs. But technically anyone from any class could do those jobs so for me it's more about the style of clothing.

MocktailMe · 17/10/2025 13:40

Labourer is not synonymous with working class you know.

Do you automatically fancy call centre operatives/supermarket staff and hospitality workers? Because since the mines closed down a lot of men who would have worked down them now have those jobs instead. They're still WC.

KimberleyClark · 17/10/2025 13:40

User3365237 · 17/10/2025 12:39

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

Tom Hardy is not working class. Hs parents were an artist and a writer. He went to an independent school.

AngelinaFibres · 17/10/2025 13:41

teacupzs · 17/10/2025 13:00

Baking in the sun all day vs sitting in an office all day

Working class men don't always work outside do they?

No , sometimes they manage the local Aldi. Happy to shop there don't want to marry the manager

Bumblebee72 · 17/10/2025 13:41

User3365237 · 17/10/2025 12:39

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

In what world is the privately educated son of an artist, Tom Hardy, working class?

SomeConstellation · 17/10/2025 13:46

JohnBullshit · 17/10/2025 13:34

Rolled up sleeves are what do it for me, and I don't much care if the shirt collar is blue or white. I like the wearer to be intelligent, preferably a tiny bit less intelligent than me, but a thick bloke is a big turn-off, whatever class he might be.

Why do you want them ideally slightly less intelligent than you?

sweetpickle2 · 17/10/2025 13:46

How on earth do you know someone's class by looking at them, unless you massively stereotype?

You can't possibly know, as evidenced by the fact you've listed Tom Hardy as an example.

Irritatedandsad · 17/10/2025 13:48

Class doesn't really come into it for me. Attractive as in looks can be any walk of life.
Attractive personality and attractive bank account can also be any walk of life.
I found I can be attracted to someone but if we don't share a sense of humour then it doesnt go deeper than physical attractiveness.
Shared Humour is often class based so it makes sense for deeper level connections you often want someone with shared experiences and humour.

TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis · 17/10/2025 13:48

User3365237 · 17/10/2025 12:59

@Comeonbabylightmyfire My point is just because someone is working class doesn't mean they're thick, as a few posters seem to be implying.

The entire premise of your thread is that one class is better at an attribute than any other class, so I'm not sure you've got a leg to stand on there.

CloudSky · 17/10/2025 13:50

I kinda get it, I find masculinity attractive, and that’s easier to see and demonstrate when doing manual type jobs. Similarly it emphasises it by adding to their strength, compared to a desk job. Also general grubby ruggedness 😂

I saw a man out with his two kids last weekend and he was the epitome of what I find unattractive. Tall, lanky, with skinny noodly legs, floppy hair and arms that have never done a days labour in their life 🙈 uncoordinated colours, think he had a bright red cardigan type top and blue pants that didn’t quite reach his ankles. Absolute ick. Sorry dude 🤭

SomeConstellation · 17/10/2025 13:52

Bumblebee72 · 17/10/2025 13:41

In what world is the privately educated son of an artist, Tom Hardy, working class?

The world of someone who doesn’t understand a ti g and thinks TH actually is Bill Sikes, Charles Bronson and everyone other gangster he’s ever played?

Bibliophilebloke · 17/10/2025 13:55

I’ll dictate a response to my Butler later once I’ve finished rogering the junior Maid .

nam3c4ang3 · 17/10/2025 13:56

Tom hardy isn’t working class 😂😂 I don’t know who the other dude is.

CornOn · 17/10/2025 13:57

Same OP I could’ve written your post !

My DP says. ‘Fanks’ for thanks
’fings’ for things
‘maffs’ for maths

love it!! Everything I do is for my working class heroes 🙌❤️

Bushmillsbabe · 17/10/2025 13:58

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.

Yep, absolutely this. A smart, skilled ambitious carpenter for example is much more attractive than an accountant in a suit.

Not a scruffy dirty labourer who thinks it's smart to wolf whistle and call me 'love' or 'darling' - these are a huge turn off.

Thepeopleversuswork · 17/10/2025 14:00

I am pretty agnostic on this and I try really hard never to judge anyone on their background but will say that very posh men have never done it for me. I don’t fancy very cut glass accented men and men who dress in that upper class dress code.

Theres a sense of entitlement, wetness and softness about them which is deeply unsexy.

Zov · 17/10/2025 14:00

YABU, as this is an opinion, not a fact.

Tootsiroll · 17/10/2025 14:01

Ooooh I love a bit of gristle.

I get it's subjective but a man who can fix the car, decorate the house and still have the energy to throw me around the bedroom a little is just what I like (and have lucky for me).

And yes a man who wears a suit to work can do those things too but a working class fella would get extra points.

JaneJeffer · 17/10/2025 14:01

VeterinaryCareAssistant · 17/10/2025 12:30

You're not wrong.

Middle to upper class men (to me) look like sappy wet lettuces who couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag.

😂