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Girlfriend looks

13 replies

tamzinro · 04/10/2018 12:52

So, has anyone noticed that a lot of men's exes are all similar to how they look?
It's like a lot of men have one particular looking type that they look for and are only completely attracted to ... isn't this odd ?

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GrumbleBumble · 04/10/2018 12:54

Have you never meet women who have a "type"?

OoohAyyye · 04/10/2018 12:58

I have never come across this.

I do have a friend that only dates dark haired men though. Because that's her type.

MelonBuffet · 04/10/2018 12:59

I look like a fat Kirsty Allsop. DP’s ex is a Barbie lookalike. The other ex he has me mentioned on occasion was auburn. I think he doesn’t have a type!

SparklyMagpie · 04/10/2018 13:05

I've always been completely different, but a few ex's did have a type yes.

But then again, although I do have a type, all mine were quite different but mainly all dark haired. My fella now is the complete opposite to anyone i'd usually go for and so far it's the best relationship I've been in

NothingOnTellyAgain · 04/10/2018 13:10

DH has a type > tall brunette
I am small blonde.

I never tire of reminding him of this.

I met his ex by accident once - I didn't reaise who she was til after > 10 years younger than me, tall brunette obv.

He claims to like me best though (married 12 years Grin).

TBF I like men who are tall and preferably a bit muscley as well and most of mine are like that.

Also don't fancy blonds at all.

Most poeple have a type don't they? Men just feel more entitled to state it loudly in public sometimes. (Cor look at the tits on that).

stellabird · 04/10/2018 13:22

My DH's ex wife is a total glamour queen - always dressed to the nines and with full makeup and hair done. Apparently she has never been seen looking any different from that - even on the days after her children were born . She used to get up an hour early to get ready to take the children to school.

I'm the total opposite - I'm the worker bee, happy to get down and dirty, never wear makeup, dress to look neat and appropriate. My only luxury is really good fragrance.

He says I'm his type - I'm pretty happy with that and have been for 15 years.

My type is a muscly man with long flowing hair. DH is not muscly and is bald.....but I like him anyway .

fantasmasgoria1 · 04/10/2018 14:05

I'm totally different to my fiancé's exes! His exes didn't look alike either! My fiancé doesn't look like my exes either!

Conseulabananahammock · 04/10/2018 14:25

My dps exes were all high maintenance, fake ,very into their looks etc not one of those relationships lasted long. I on the other hand have tattoos ,piercings, barely wear makeup,take very little to maintain and it was love at first sight 10 years 3 kids and srill going strong Like lovesick teens ! So he did maybe have a type but it wasn't the right type Grin

LaGattaNera · 04/10/2018 14:26

Some men definitely have a type eg Rod Stewart leggy blondes and Simon Cowell tall brunettes but some men, along with some women, myself included are open to all types and for me at least, I can honestly fancy someone not that good looking if they are kind and make me laugh alot. As I have got older, men who are hard work or unkind or who try to make me insecure are not the slightest bit attractive despite any handsomeness.

Shambu · 04/10/2018 14:27

Some men and women definitely have types and their partners look quite similar.

maras2 · 04/10/2018 14:28

DH has never had an ex but I do look like his mum. Smile

PinkHeart5914 · 04/10/2018 14:34

I know someone who’s 2nd wife could be a twin with his 1st, they are they absolute split of each other! First time I saw them together I had to look twice

I think some people just have a type of look that does it for them. Like with me and men I go for tattoos, men that are muscular and in to fitness, brown eyes, clean shaven it’s just what gets my motor running luckily it’s what I married

PassMeTheBleach · 04/10/2018 20:38

Isn’t that normal? All my exes and my husband have been long haired, beardy, rock music types

My husband’s exes are all short, curvy brunettes like me. My exes’ current girlfriends are short, curvy brunettes.

I just assumed this was the case for everyone

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