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Fine to not be attracted to someone?

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SpinningFloppa · 02/03/2023 23:43

I am on another group and a woman has said that she was speaking to a man on old, they FaceTimed and he suddenly went off her and said that he was shocked as she was much bigger than he thought and he is not sure he is attracted to her as he doesn’t go for bigger women. Well
of course all the women are calling him a piece of shit, saying how awful he is and is clearly “only interested in looks not personality” am I missing something? I don’t think he’s done anything wrong. Dating is mainly about physical attraction to begin with especially old and if her pictures don’t represent what she actually looks like then how is he a piece of shit? Or are they right about it and it shouldn’t matter? If it was a man and he was 10 years old than his pictures I’m sure they wouldn’t say she’s a piece of shit for no longer fancying him.

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AndrexPuppy · 03/03/2023 10:51

He’s NBU to not fancy her but it sounds like he could’ve been less rude about it.

GreyCarpet · 03/03/2023 12:54

Deathbyfluffy · 03/03/2023 10:32

He could have worded it better (or just made an excuse to save her feelings) but attraction needs to be both physical and intellectual.
If I'd been misled in a similar way I'd be annoyed too - at the end of the day he's invested time based on what he saw in terms of chemistry and appearance, and to find she'd hidden a rather important aspect of that isn't fair.

Tbh, if I felt I'd been duped after someone misrepresented themselves, I'm not sure how 'kind' I'd be feeling. I'd probably he a bit pissed off and not all that concerned about sparing their feelings.

MidnightMeltdown · 03/03/2023 13:07

I did a bit of old before I met DP and met quite a few men that I wasn't attracted to. Often they would put old photos up.

However, I would never say to their face that I wasn't attracted to them. I think that's unnecessarily mean and would knock someone's confidence. I would just say that I didn't think that they were the right match for me.

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