Anyone else not getting as much tail in med school as they thought they would?

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You are all alone on this one -- the fact that you can't see what everyone else is talking about doesn't exactly help your argument.

And fwiw, you don't get to be the ONLY ONE (n=1) taking a certain position and then tell the half dozen people disagreeing with you that their sample size is too small. Sure the sample size is small but it's still many hundred percent better than what you are spinning.
What exactly are you saying? That couples (especially younger) are made up of mixed attractiveness levels? Either the people disagreeing with me don't live in western society or they suck at assessing attractive. Seeing as how most people constantly overrate women and underrate men I think the second part is very fair.
 
What exactly are you saying? That couples (especially younger) are made up of mixed attractiveness levels? Either the people disagreeing with me don't live in western society or they suck at assessing attractive. Seeing as how most people constantly overrate women and underrate men I think the second part is very fair.
Actually, the science on this one is on your side. People tend to date those that are of their attractiveness level, and solicit dates of those at their attractiveness level or above. However, as you age, that balance tends to change a bit, as people start to place an emphasis on other things, and thus you tend to end up with a greater variation in married couples versus those in the young 20s dating market.

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archiv...attractiveness-affect-our-dating-preferences/

On the other hand, there's a lot of flux in what makes a person attractive- clothes, facial hair, build, and many other things substantially affect attractiveness and perception in studies. And let's not even get into the videos of the guys driving around in a Lambo picking up girls lol, the point being, a lot of things can influence perceived attractiveness of a partner, so, while the law of averages generally will be correct in this case, there's also a lot of variables.
 
Actually, the science on this one is on your side. People tend to date those that are of their attractiveness level, and solicit dates of those at their attractiveness level or above. However, as you age, that balance tends to change a bit, as people start to place an emphasis on other things, and thus you tend to end up with a greater variation in married couples versus those in the young 20s dating market.

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archiv...attractiveness-affect-our-dating-preferences/

On the other hand, there's a lot of flux in what makes a person attractive- clothes, facial hair, build, and many other things substantially affect attractiveness and perception in studies. And let's not even get into the videos of the guys driving around in a Lambo picking up girls lol, the point being, a lot of things can influence perceived attractiveness of a partner, so, while the law of averages generally will be correct in this case, there's also a lot of variables.
Agree with everything but lets not forget attractiveness falls with age as well. I do agree though that other things are valued as one ages but often I feel that it's because it just seems more logical for someone of that age to value those things more.
What I don't like is when people talk about being confident or having a good personality as if those things alone can make it happen. No one likes someone insecure but a lack of insecurity doesn't make you appealing. As for personality, that's just something you need for people to want to be around you.
 
I'd argue that it's the complete opposite. Just go to any bar, club, restaurant, social setting, park or wherever.
You've been going to the wrong places then. Not saying what you say is false in that it CAN happen, but the alternative is more common.

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Agree with everything but lets not forget attractiveness falls with age as well. I do agree though that other things are valued as one ages but often I feel that it's because it just seems more logical for someone of that age to value those things more.
What I don't like is when people talk about being confident or having a good personality as if those things alone can make it happen. No one likes someone insecure but a lack of insecurity doesn't make you appealing. As for personality, that's just something you need for people to want to be around you.
Well, personality and confidence actually can get you laid quite a lot if you've got them. The guys I know that get laid the most aren't the ones that are the most attractive, they're the ones that are the center of social circles that everyone wants to be around. The centers of scenes fare far better than your average attractive guy.
 
Well, personality and confidence actually can get you laid quite a lot if you've got them. The guys I know that get laid the most aren't the ones that are the most attractive, they're the ones that are the center of social circles that everyone wants to be around. The centers of scenes fare far better than your average attractive guy.
Chances are you're underrating those popular guys. But yes having good social status will help a lot too.
Attractive guys that I know go on tinder and set up multiple one night stands per week with little to no effort. They also date the hotter girls within their social circles and get approached at the bar/club half the time.


You've been going to the wrong places then. Not saying what you say is false in that it CAN happen, but the alternative is more common.

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It's more common for average guys to be with attractive girls? That goes against common sense before anything else.
 
Agree with everything but lets not forget attractiveness falls with age as well. I do agree though that other things are valued as one ages but often I feel that it's because it just seems more logical for someone of that age to value those things more.
What I don't like is when people talk about being confident or having a good personality as if those things alone can make it happen. No one likes someone insecure but a lack of insecurity doesn't make you appealing. As for personality, that's just something you need for people to want to be around you.
Meh. I know a guy with a very average job and looks like Groucho Marx and Randy Quaid had a kid, but who continues to date exclusively model types, best I can tell, totally based on his personality. One recent girlfriend said she found him attractive because his look was so "interesting". And we ALL know guys like this. And see them at the bars, restaurants, beaches. It's so common it's almost cliche. That you haven't seen this phenomenon is somewhat remarkable to me. As mentioned a whole industry exists of homely people selling books and videos of how to pick up attractive women, through personality, humor, etc. Lots of attractive people have unconventional views of beauty, or hangups, daddy issues, whatever, too, which drives them to date "down". Probable outnumber the people with purely conventional magazine cover instilled views of what's attractive.

Romantic endeavors are really not about "logic" or "common sense"and that's, I think where your train flies off the track. And that's, I think, where OPs notion that once he has more trappings of success by being a med student, doors will open. But he's wrong for much the same "logic" reasons you are. Show me a guy who is the life of the party, knows how to talk to women, exhudes confidence and I'll show you the guy whose going to date well above his league. Show me the guy who didn't get dates in college and hopes to turn things around in med school and I'm betting he will have plenty of time for studying.
 
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It's more common for average guys to be with attractive girls? That goes against common sense before anything else.

Again, nobody is using this "common sense" metric for matters of the heart. Which is why we've all seen tons and tons of examples of things you are saying don't happen. Sorry but it's common even if illogical, Spock.
 
Chances are you're underrating those popular guys. But yes having good social status will help a lot too.
Attractive guys that I know go on tinder and set up multiple one night stands per week with little to no effort. They also date the hotter girls within their social circles and get approached at the bar/club half the time.



It's more common for average guys to be with attractive girls? That goes against common sense before anything else.
Yeah,
Well, you factor the common saying about how "crazy" attractive people can be, or how two likes can be a bad combination and it's more understandable. It's more about people being okay with who that person is and it's less a mutual physical appearance but other qualities.

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Chances are you're underrating those popular guys. But yes having good social status will help a lot too.
Attractive guys that I know go on tinder and set up multiple one night stands per week with little to no effort. They also date the hotter girls within their social circles and get approached at the bar/club half the time.



It's more common for average guys to be with attractive girls? That goes against common sense before anything else.
I'm definitely not underrating them. The most popular among them is bald and obese, but he's been a bartender and event organizer for decades and basically runs a large portion of the social scene in the city. Anyone who's anyone knows his name, and he's invariably considered to be a legend by all that know him or know of him. Is life easier when you're more attractive? Obviously. But it's not hopeless if you're not.
 
Meh. I know a guy with a very average job and looks like Groucho Marx and Randy Quaid had a kid, but who continues to date exclusively model types, best I can tell, totally based on his personality. One recent girlfriend said she found him attractive because his look was so "interesting". And we ALL know guys like this. And see them at the bars, restaurants, beaches. It's so common it's almost cliche. That you haven't seen this phenomenon is somewhat remarkable to me. As mentioned a whole industry exists of homely people selling books and videos of how to pick up attractive women, through personality, humor, etc. Lots of attractive people have unconventional views of beauty, or hangups, daddy issues, whatever, too, which drives them to date "down". Probable outnumber the people with purely conventional magazine cover instilled views of what's attractive.

Romantic endeavors are really not about "logic" or "common sense"and that's, I think where your train flies off the track. And that's, I think, where OPs notion that once he has more trappings of success by being a med student, doors will open. But he's wrong for much the same "logic" reasons you are. Show me a guy who is the life of the party, knows how to talk to women, exhudes confidence and I'll show you the guy whose going to date well above his league. Show me the guy who didn't get dates in college and hopes to turn things around in med school and I'm betting he will have plenty of time for studying.

I know more than one guy who sleeps with several model types every single week and one of them sleeps with endless girls who are in relationships. The guys are very attractive.
See how anecdotes work? Fact remains that women go crazy over the "hot guy."
To answer your question, yes I have seen what you describe. It's just that I've also seen the women cheat on the lesser attractive guy every time and therefore it's impossible to consider those relationships legitimate.

I'm definitely not underrating them. The most popular among them is bald and obese, but he's been a bartender and event organizer for decades and basically runs a large portion of the social scene in the city. Anyone who's anyone knows his name, and he's invariably considered to be a legend by all that know him or know of him. Is life easier when you're more attractive? Obviously. But it's not hopeless if you're not.

That sounds like a bit of an outlier. How many guys have that sort of social status and popularity?
 
I know more than one guy who sleeps with several model types every single week and one of them sleeps with endless girls who are in relationships. The guys are very attractive.
See how anecdotes work? Fact remains that women go crazy over the "hot guy."
To answer your question, yes I have seen what you describe. It's just that I've also seen the women cheat on the lesser attractive guy every time and therefore it's impossible to consider those relationships legitimate.



That sounds like a bit of an outlier. How many guys have that sort of social status and popularity?
That's my point though. Many men are capable of being outliers if they try. Socially, financially, with talent, etc. We're already physicians or on our way to becoming physicians- that shows that many, or even most, of us are capable of things most people aren't. So to anyone on this board, get off your ass and go be an outlier, you're capable of damn near anything.
 
That's my point though. Many men are capable of being outliers if they try. Socially, financially, with talent, etc. We're already physicians or on our way to becoming physicians- that shows that many, or even most, of us are capable of things most people aren't. So to anyone on this board, get off your ass and go be an outlier, you're capable of damn near anything.
But is a natural introvert really capable of becoming popular in the club scene? Is someone with an IQ of 100 who can't even understand basic math capable of getting into a high paying profession? Is naturally chubby and/or unathletic person capable of becoming a high end athlete? Someone who can't even manage his own budget capable of running a successful business?

Those questions describe the average guy from different perspectives.
 
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That sounds like a bit of an outlier. How many guys have that sort of social status and popularity?

Again, what pretty much everyone on this thread is telling you, it's not an outlier. It's not rare. That you haven't seen this frequently certainly makes YOU an outlier, though. And yes we know it isn't "logical" or "common sense". Get past that. It happens. This is as common as sand.
 
But is a natural introvert really capable of becoming popular in the club scene? Is someone with an IQ of 100 who can't even understand basic math capable of getting into a high paying profession? Is naturally chubby and/or unathletic person capable of becoming a high end athlete? Someone who can't even manage his own budget capable of running a successful business?

Those questions describe the average guy from different perspectives.
I'm more focused on the people here though. We're not average.

Most people do have potential though- I knew a chubby kid who wasn't bright at all, and was really, really shy. His brother got shot and died one day, and this kid just changed. Guy felt like he had to pick up where his bodybuilder brother left off, and hit the gym until he was a 240 pound beast of a human being- I've literally never met someone as big as this guy that wasn't on steroids. He gets plenty of interest from girls now lol. But if you'd told anybody the fat, shy kid on the short bus to school would be a jacked powerlifter that was getting women left and right back in high school, people would have laughed. The point is, most people have something they can develop, they just need to find it.
 
But is a natural introvert really capable of becoming popular in the club scene? Is someone with an IQ of 100 who can't even understand basic math capable of getting into a high paying profession? Is naturally chubby and/or unathletic person capable of becoming a high end athlete? Someone who can't even manage his own budget capable of running a successful business?

Those questions describe the average guy from different perspectives.
ok so maybe you are trying to find excuses for yourself for not getting an attractive date, and if you want to say it's because they'd never be interested in a chubby introvert with a 100 IQ who is bad at math and business, then sure, you can run with that. Meanwhile plenty of guys who aren't ever going to be precision athletes or financial moguls will date well above their station daily.
 
Again, what pretty much everyone on this thread is telling you, it's not an outlier. It's not rare. That you haven't seen this frequently certainly makes YOU an outlier, though. And yes we know it isn't "logical" or "common sense". Get past that. It happens. This is as common as sand.

Maybe in the realm of 40 year olds and single moms. Not with college aged attractive girls.
ok so maybe you are trying to find excuses for yourself for not getting an attractive date, and if you want to say it's because they'd never be interested in a chubby introvert with a 100 IQ who is bad at math and business, then sure, you can run with that. Meanwhile plenty of guys who aren't ever going to be precision athletes or financial moguls will date well above their station daily.

Your "station" is primarily determined by how good you look. The rest is secondary. Again I do agree this is different once you get past the age of 30 and become less attractive (for men and women).

I'm more focused on the people here though. We're not average.

Most people do have potential though- I knew a chubby kid who wasn't bright at all, and was really, really shy. His brother got shot and died one day, and this kid just changed. Guy felt like he had to pick up where his bodybuilder brother left off, and hit the gym until he was a 240 pound beast of a human being- I've literally never met someone as big as this guy that wasn't on steroids. He gets plenty of interest from girls now lol. But if you'd told anybody the fat, shy kid on the short bus to school would be a jacked powerlifter that was getting women left and right back in high school, people would have laughed. The point is, most people have something they can develop, they just need to find it.

If you go to bodybuilding.com you can see daily threads with 500 posts with "240lb bodybuilding powerlifters" crying about women.

The problem with picking out anecdotes is that anyone who knows a large number of people will see some exceptions here and there. Of course there are many variables you don't see (unfaithfulness, psychological issues, etc.) which makes these occurrences less of an exception. Most couples you see in real life and on social media are extremely well matched in attractiveness.
 
Maybe in the realm of 40 year olds and single moms. Not with college aged attractive girls.


Your "station" is primarily determined by how good you look. The rest is secondary. Again I do agree this is different once you get past the age of 30 and become less attractive (for men and women).



If you go to bodybuilding.com you can see daily threads with 500 posts with "240lb bodybuilding powerlifters" crying about women.

The problem with picking out anecdotes is that anyone who knows a large number of people will see some exceptions here and there. Of course there are many variables you don't see (unfaithfulness, psychological issues, etc.) which makes these occurrences less of an exception. Most couples you see in real life and on social media are extremely well matched in attractiveness.
I dunno, most of the people I know are 30+, so there's a lot more variability.
 
I dunno, most of the people I know are 30+, so there's a lot more variability.

Exactly. Once you pass 30 both men and women move towards being average looking and therefore other things become much bigger factors. It's a completely differently world in your 20s and being realistic that's when it really matters anyway.
 
Exactly. Once you pass 30 both men and women move towards being average looking and therefore other things become much bigger factors. It's a completely differently world in your 20s and being realistic that's when it really matters anyway.
Why does it matter? I mean, really, at the end of the day? Most people in med school aren't getting married until their late 20s or early 30s anyway.
 
Exactly. Once you pass 30 both men and women move towards being average looking and therefore other things become much bigger factors. It's a completely differently world in your 20s and being realistic that's when it really matters anyway.



The guys I've dated have been progressively more attractive the older I've gotten. At least to me, anyway.
 
Women make their own money nowadays. A man's money holds far lower value than it used to in the dating market. Status does help a bit but again it's not a game changer.

Not necessarily. There are plenty of trophy or semi-trophy type wives that have their 2 babies, get fixed, and then get any recuperative plastic surgery to stay in trophy-wife mode. It's still done. Not everyone marries for pure love and compatibility.

Poking holes in cond0ms is both dangerous and inherently sick. The trophy-types don't have to poke holes, but they are usually expected to have at least a few kids and then get back into trophy-mode straightaway. Often there is a loss of interest after a while, b/c these women may not be all that bright or apt to learn or improve their minds or have their own sense of purpose. Personally, I wouldn't pick an intellectually dull person to be w/ for a lifetime. Sure, we all like physical attractiveness, but there's got to me something more. A person that pokes holes in a condom is probably a person with low self-worth and who is intellectually indolent.
 
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You're comparing extremes. If you make 60k per year then all she has to do is make 30k per year and you have a good quality of life. If she's higher up and making something like 80..150..400 or whatever, you'll just have a better quality of life. Most women don't care about you being rich, they just want you to have a decent job that well a decent income. Very easy to obtain...
Even the girls in my class are all with guys who make/will make decent money but are significantly below them in earning potential.
Women ultimately want someone that they're attracted to and that they like. Money is secondary.

Maybe with older women or below average to average attractive ones. Otherwise it's a just a boost.


Money is secondary with some, but this is not so w/ many others. Trust me. I am a woman. I have women friends. Totally depends upon the person/individual. Soul mates make the best long-term relationships, but plenty of people settle for something else--and attractiveness and likability can wax and wane, so if you want staying power in a relationship, you have to hold out or at least be fortunate enough or strive to find a "soul-matedness" so to speak. Some people just don't want to be alone or want to procreate before it gets too late. Many don't get the ideal soulmate--that being a totally unrelated thing to financial security, attractiveness or likability. Not that those things are wrong per se. I'm talking about something more than those things--something other than finances and off-spring that keep people happily together for a lifetime.
 
Everyone wants to be Batman or Batwoman. It's all about the leather suit and the awesome car. 😉
There's a bat woman? In the comics I just recall batgirl. But she was a lesser character compared to the bromance with Robin. At any rate Ironman seems like the much better adjusted of the billionaire superheroes...
 
There's a bat woman? In the comics I just recall batgirl. But she was a lesser character compared to the bromance with Robin. At any rate Ironman seems like the much better adjusted of the billionaire superheroes...

Well, the Batgirls never looked like "girls" to me. Not even the petite Halle Berry.
Ironman is hot, but he's just too hot--as in cardio-thoracically radioactive. Seriously, who would want to sleep with someone that has an arc-reactor/multi-isotope radio decay cell in them?
 
She was Catwoman. Totally different animal. 🙂


Ut Oh. Sorry about that. Didn't she wear black leather like the Batman? This is confusing. Makes sense though. . .catty sounds more like a woman. 😛

That's the whole problem with Batman and Batgirl. They are not Marvel.
 
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The guys I've dated have been progressively more attractive the older I've gotten. At least to me, anyway.

Pretty sure that's just a good move on the part of biology.

I agree with the person above who said people slide downhill with age (certainly not everyone); let's just say the high school jocks and cheerleaders don't look so hot anymore...
 
Maybe in the realm of 40 year olds and single moms. Not with college aged attractive girls.


Your "station" is primarily determined by how good you look. The rest is secondary. Again I do agree this is different once you get past the age of 30 and become less attractive (for men and women).



If you go to bodybuilding.com you can see daily threads with 500 posts with "240lb bodybuilding powerlifters" crying about women.

The problem with picking out anecdotes is that anyone who knows a large number of people will see some exceptions here and there. Of course there are many variables you don't see (unfaithfulness, psychological issues, etc.) which makes these occurrences less of an exception. Most couples you see in real life and on social media are extremely well matched in attractiveness.


Again, people are drawn to attractiveness. Understood. It is also understood that there are different types of attractiveness as well. The physical attractiveness part is mostly a function of reproduction that is built in to us. Sure our brains will be drawn to aesthetically pleasing things and people--culturally shared by such things as symmetry--which again I contend is a function of reproduction. Youth and that which is more symmetrically pleasing = potentially better offspring.

Station, whatever and however it is defined in all the cultures I know, is not simply limited to physical attractiveness. It may well be an aspect of it, but if you pretty much stop with that, then I say you don't know men or women or history.

In terms of sexual attractiveness, sure. That's a definite component; but seriously, I mean you get sore after a while. You have to be able to talk and connect on higher/broader levels. Those that can do this tend to do we'll, even better than those with mere physical attractiveness.

Geez, have you not had the displeasure of starting a conversation with an attractive person, only to lose all interest in them as soon as they started speaking?
 
Money is secondary with some, but this is not so w/ many others. Trust me. I am a woman. I have women friends. Totally depends upon the person/individual. Soul mates make the best long-term relationships, but plenty of people settle for something else--and attractiveness and likability can wax and wane, so if you want staying power in a relationship, you have to hold out or at least be fortunate enough or strive to find a "soul-matedness" so to speak. Some people just don't want to be alone or want to procreate before it gets too late. Many don't get the ideal soulmate--that being a totally unrelated thing to financial security, attractiveness or likability. Not that those things are wrong per se. I'm talking about something more than those things--something other than finances and off-spring that keep people happily together for a lifetime.
Money and job status used to matter a lot. Nowadays it's a minority and a lot of people are more upfront about it. Hence you get booming sites like seekingarrangement which are designed for the whole sugar daddy thing.
Again, people are drawn to attractiveness. Understood. It is also understood that there are different types of attractiveness as well. The physical attractiveness part is mostly a function of reproduction that is built in to us. Sure our brains will be drawn to aesthetically pleasing things and people--culturally shared by such things as symmetry--which again I contend is a function of reproduction. Youth and that which is more symmetrically pleasing = potentially better offspring.

Station, whatever and however it is defined in all the cultures I know, is not simply limited to physical attractiveness. It may well be an aspect of it, but if you pretty much stop with that, then I say you don't know men or women or history.

In terms of sexual attractiveness, sure. That's a definite component; but seriously, I mean you get sore after a while. You have to be able to talk and connect on higher/broader levels. Those that can do this tend to do we'll, even better than those with mere physical attractiveness.

Geez, have you not had the displeasure of starting a conversation with an attractive person, only to lose all interest in them as soon as they started speaking?
Sure but all the attractive girls I'm friends with have numerous attractive guys talking to them. Personality matters a lot and if there are 5 good looking guys you can bet that 2 will be disqualified based on personality. But there are still 3 left for example. Another thing is that these girls and all the other ones I've known flat out ignore anyone below their league.
As they age though their league will slowly drop as their looks fade. Naturally they will give other things importance as they don't really have any other choice.
That's why we have disagreement in a thread like this, because of the age difference.
 
I think a lot of young people in this thread don't currently understand what is happening in this country. Labor and capital are disconnected, perhaps now more than ever, and the capitalists are earning exorbitant amounts of money. This (as well as foreign capital and the availability of cheap loan products) has pushed the prices of assets that you need, namely education and housing, to become exorbitant. At the same time, your wages are, and will continue to remain, flat. This means that being middle class via actually working is harder than ever and continuing to be rich via already being rich is easier than ever.

This is the source of confusion in this thread. You cannot become rich through actual labor. You need to turn that labor into capital, and amass capital. You will not do that as a physician.

Secondarily, gold digging women are smart enough to simply date business owners, finance guys, heirs, etc. These guys are rich while they are young. Physicians will be upper middle class at some point, but certainly not when they still have their youth and looks. This is why women don't flock to med students.

Anyway, I think the millenials are simply confused by the relatively short period of time in the US when physicians were rich. Other than the 60s through the 90s, physicians were never very wealthy historically. On the other hand, financiers, business owners, nobles, etc. have always had a lot of money. Hope this helps!
 
I think a lot of young people in this thread don't currently understand what is happening in this country. Labor and capital are disconnected, perhaps now more than ever, and the capitalists are earning exorbitant amounts of money. This (as well as foreign capital and the availability of cheap loan products) has pushed the prices of assets that you need, namely education and housing, to become exorbitant. At the same time, your wages are, and will continue to remain, flat. This means that being middle class via actually working is harder than ever and continuing to be rich via already being rich is easier than ever.

This is the source of confusion in this thread. You cannot become rich through actual labor. You need to turn that labor into capital, and amass capital. You will not do that as a physician.

Secondarily, gold digging women are smart enough to simply date business owners, finance guys, heirs, etc. These guys are rich while they are young. Physicians will be upper middle class at some point, but certainly not when they still have their youth and looks. This is why women don't flock to med students.

Anyway, I think the millenials are simply confused by the relatively short period of time in the US when physicians were rich. Other than the 60s through the 90s, physicians were never very wealthy historically. On the other hand, financiers, business owners, nobles, etc. have always had a lot of money. Hope this helps!
It's still possible to make good money in medicine. I'm not talking 7 figures (though many do that still) but rather mid 6 figures. Many surgeons and subspecialists do that, as do many docs who have oriented their practices towards maximum profit. If you remove the bottom 30-40% of physicians income wise you get more realistic averages the represent those who are pursuing money in this field. So long story short, no you won't be a multimillionaire baller but you can certainly look rich superficially.

I definitely agree with your second point in that gold diggers mostly won't be interested in doctors unless the doctor can superficially play the part well temporarily. But why would anyone even want a gold digger? They would stay faithful for 2 weeks tops and only care about whatever luxury you can provide them.
My guess would be that a physician would get a little boost in attractive but like you said it happens when it's too late.
 
can I be Batman?

Let's give Ben Affleck at least one movie. But keep your cape and cowl ready in case Batman vs Superman is a box office blunder.

At any rate Ironman seems like the much better adjusted of the billionaire superheroes...

Aside from the whole Ultron business.

Well, the Batgirls never looked like "girls" to me. Not even the petite Halle Berry.
Ironman is hot, but he's just too hot--as in cardio-thoracically radioactive. Seriously, who would want to sleep with someone that has an arc-reactor/multi-isotope radio decay cell in them?

He has surgery to remove it at the end of the third movie.
 
It's still possible to make good money in medicine. I'm not talking 7 figures (though many do that still) but rather mid 6 figures. Many surgeons and subspecialists do that, as do many docs who have oriented their practices towards maximum profit. If you remove the bottom 30-40% of physicians income wise you get more realistic averages the represent those who are pursuing money in this field. So long story short, no you won't be a multimillionaire baller but you can certainly look rich superficially.

I definitely agree with your second point in that gold diggers mostly won't be interested in doctors unless the doctor can superficially play the part well temporarily. But why would anyone even want a gold digger? They would stay faithful for 2 weeks tops and only care about whatever luxury you can provide them.
My guess would be that a physician would get a little boost in attractive but like you said it happens when it's too late.


When will people realize that regular life expenses for health professionals( and I'm talking before private school tuitions and massive mortgage payments etc ) turn that mid 6 figure income that you work relatively hard to make, into actually not that much money?

Even if one invests smartly and saves for retirement, chances are that most wont be able to build much to leave to their future generations.

*steps off soapbox*
 
Money and job status used to matter a lot. Nowadays it's a minority and a lot of people are more upfront about it. Hence you get booming sites like seekingarrangement which are designed for the whole sugar daddy thing.

Sure but all the attractive girls I'm friends with have numerous attractive guys talking to them. Personality matters a lot and if there are 5 good looking guys you can bet that 2 will be disqualified based on personality. But there are still 3 left for example. Another thing is that these girls and all the other ones I've known flat out ignore anyone below their league.
As they age though their league will slowly drop as their looks fade. Naturally they will give other things importance as they don't really have any other choice.
That's why we have disagreement in a thread like this, because of the age difference.

Yeah, that's still about reproduction, whether someone admits it or not.

My league will never drop, regardless of age. 😉

Listen, even at 20, I wasn't going to date a dud stunod, regardless of what he looked like. So some of it is about the individual and who they are and what they are about, regardless of age. Yes, I could just see my dad w/ that. He disliked the smart, pretty ones I dated--all but one, and that's the one I married. Good choice. Sexy and smart. Great combo.
 
Genuine confidence, intelligence, and an honesty caring spirit, that's pretty attractive to many women--at least the ones you want to attract. If you go fishing, you have to have the right bate--and that will depend upon what it is you are fishing. 😉
 
Somehow this thread got totally derailed into a financial detour and then somehow corrected itself back on track. Remarkable.

Game is just like anything else in life (athletic ability, money, etc). Generally, people who start with a slight advantage will parlay that into success, which leads to more opportunities, which leads to experience, which leads to more success, so on and so on. Other people will slowly improve over time, some will blossom late, some will fail to maximize their potential.

I don't know anybody that magically upped their game just by becoming a medical student or resident or attending. The two most "successful" guys I know are decidedly average-looking but are impressively charismatic and outwardly confident, and possibly compensating for something deep-seated and psychological that I have no interest or ability to delve into.

Also noteworthy given some of the discussion, some of their "successes" were definitely much more attractive, but there were also a large number of women who were of equal or lesser attractiveness, leading me to believe that a non-zero portion of their "success" was in being non-discriminatory with regards to targets.
 
When will people realize that regular life expenses for health professionals( and I'm talking before private school tuitions and massive mortgage payments etc ) turn that mid 6 figure income that you work relatively hard to make, into actually not that much money?

Even if one invests smartly and saves for retirement, chances are that most wont be able to build much to leave to their future generations.

*steps off soapbox*
By mid 6 figures I meant 300-600k range.
Confidence > looks.

Anyone who's been to the bars/clubs knows this.

in my experience, outgoing girls are more into confidence/personality/etc (the intangibles)- naturally outgoing girls tend to be more attractive/more confident...well because they are hot.

Shy/shy'er girls, if you are attractive, you have it in the bag easy.
That sounds like something pick up artists try to sell kids with their books and seminars. lol.
Somehow this thread got totally derailed into a financial detour and then somehow corrected itself back on track. Remarkable.

Game is just like anything else in life (athletic ability, money, etc). Generally, people who start with a slight advantage will parlay that into success, which leads to more opportunities, which leads to experience, which leads to more success, so on and so on. Other people will slowly improve over time, some will blossom late, some will fail to maximize their potential.

I don't know anybody that magically upped their game just by becoming a medical student or resident or attending. The two most "successful" guys I know are decidedly average-looking but are impressively charismatic and outwardly confident, and possibly compensating for something deep-seated and psychological that I have no interest or ability to delve into.

Also noteworthy given some of the discussion, some of their "successes" were definitely much more attractive, but there were also a large number of women who were of equal or lesser attractiveness, leading me to believe that a non-zero portion of their "success" was in being non-discriminatory with regards to targets.


An average guy with a great personality or "game" can get plenty of average girls but will be rejected by most attractive girls.
 
An average guy with a great personality or "game" can get plenty of average girls but will be rejected by most attractive girls.

I mean, I guess some of it is semantics, in how you define "most." If you say an average guy with great game will only get an attractive girl 1 out of 10 times, that might mean he is rejected by "most" attractive girls, but if the average guy with average game only gets the attractive girl 1 out of 100 times, that is a pretty significant improvement.

I will say that anecdotally (and I seem to be backed up here by the majority), that the most "successful" archetype is the average attractiveness/great game archetype. Maybe it's because most people in medicine hang out with average attractiveness people so that's just who we know, or maybe it's because really attractive people have the early pick of mates and don't have to use the sheer numbers game, I dunno.
 
I mean, I guess some of it is semantics, in how you define "most." If you say an average guy with great game will only get an attractive girl 1 out of 10 times, that might mean he is rejected by "most" attractive girls, but if the average guy with average game only gets the attractive girl 1 out of 100 times, that is a pretty significant improvement.

I will say that anecdotally (and I seem to be backed up here by the majority), that the most "successful" archetype is the average attractiveness/great game archetype. Maybe it's because most people in medicine hang out with average attractiveness people so that's just who we know, or maybe it's because really attractive people have the early pick of mates and don't have to use the sheer numbers game, I dunno.
I already pointed out I know a couple very attractive guys who have multiple one night stands a week using things like Tinder. Maybe of their hook ups are with girls in relationships.
 
I already pointed out I know a couple very attractive guys who have multiple one night stands a week using things like Tinder. Maybe of their hook ups are with girls in relationships.

OK, and? Unless you tell me they have the personality of a cardboard cutout, you're missing my point. I'm guessing they have great game (and the fact that they are using "things like Tinder" tells me already that they probably do). Of course an attractive guy with game is going to do better than an average guy with game. That's not the debate.

If I were to grossly misrepresent your argument, I would say that your contention seems to be that an attractive guy will be more successful than an average guy under any condition. I.e., if Brad Pitt hung out in his mom's basement playing World of Warcraft 24/7, he's going to be more successful than the average guy who's out at the bars/clubs/discoteques/bowling alleys/skating rinks/wherever else.

But since I know that can't be your argument and you are a reasonable adult, we will just have to agree that success with the opposite gender involves a combination of physical attractiveness and personality/game, that one will make up for the other to a large degree, and while we could argue incessantly over where exactly those lines intersect, we won't, because I don't care and I'm going to sleep.
 
OK, and? Unless you tell me they have the personality of a cardboard cutout, you're missing my point. I'm guessing they have great game (and the fact that they are using "things like Tinder" tells me already that they probably do). Of course an attractive guy with game is going to do better than an average guy with game. That's not the debate.

If I were to grossly misrepresent your argument, I would say that your contention seems to be that an attractive guy will be more successful than an average guy under any condition. I.e., if Brad Pitt hung out in his mom's basement playing World of Warcraft 24/7, he's going to be more successful than the average guy who's out at the bars/clubs/discoteques/bowling alleys/skating rinks/wherever else.

But since I know that can't be your argument and you are a reasonable adult, we will just have to agree that success with the opposite gender involves a combination of physical attractiveness and personality/game, that one will make up for the other to a large degree, and while we could argue incessantly over where exactly those lines intersect, we won't, because I don't care and I'm going to sleep.
False. "Game" matters a lot yes. I'm implying that there are a lot of guys that are good at it and therefore it isn't much of a factor. If only half of attractive guys had "game" that still leaves a lot of guys that have it. If you have 20 girls and 20 guys, it's very easy for the 3 guys who have both attractiveness and game to have their pick of those 20 and that's exactly what occurs until you get older.
 
Second, med school by itself will not improve your changes with women. The significant shift towards a more type-A personality that occurs in med school will. Money and status alone rarely get women. Confidence and self-assurance do.

This is a very good point.
 
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