You're a major reason guys like the OP can't get a girl.
"Women want a nice guy"
"Women want to know chivalry isn't dead"
"women don't want to play games or be gamed"
Etc
When it's far from the truth. You want the guy that's gonna keep you interested and has a pretty face or a nice bod and honestly y'all are willing to forego manners and chivalry for someone like that. Let me know when you date someone like the op next time
I don't completely agree with this.
Yeah, for mating there's gonna be some physical parameters that matter more than if you were just a meeting of minds to be friends and watch the last ep of GOT.
I've talked to a lot of girls and we seem to agree that "pheromones" (really the latest evidence on HLA compatibility and how the nose knows this) is more important than a guy's face. We've had chats on how we've frankly shocked ourselves going by the faces of some hildebeasts we couldn't get enough of. Face doesn't matter as much when you have your face buried in someone's armpit. Or lower.
Height? Yeah. Height is associated with all sorts of subconscious biases that seem a touch hardwired in. There is a sexual dimorphism in our species, and on the whole part of what makes a woman feel "feminine" is a certain amount of difference in size. Men are less sensitive to these things because their evolution has supported spraying it all over the place, so the little details like, "If I'm 5'8" and I mate with a dude that is 6'0", according to this equation I learned in med school it's statistically likely we'll have girls that are 5'8" and boys that are 6'0", how's that for winning??" just don't seem to compute like I think it does in the subconscious of the female.
I'm not looking to make midget children with the genes and the few eggs I'm gonna pop out of the basket. Here I'm spelling it out but I'm convinced this is sorta what's behind the preference for taller dudes. And it's all relative. My friend is 5'0" and she is totally happy to date dudes that are 5'4" that I'd have to bend over to hug like a child. That's just not sexy to me.
Body? No one likes a fattie. Sorry. That's just culture and I would argue since we know it's unhealthy, again, that's a tough one. Can you really blame women if we've been subject to a process of evolution and selection where we want strong men? Lean muscle speaks to health, the kind of health that is attractive to ladies. Or at least muscle. There's a range of how solid some guys are under what I think is an acceptable level of chub. A little bit of manhandle doesn't bother me and it doesn't bother a lot of women. Total myth the supposed importance of a six pack. Frankly I think it matters more to dudes.
I think age plays into the beginning part of your post. My tolerance for bull**** for a hotter dude has been played out. Hotness will no longer excuse **** behavior in my playbook.
I want a nice guy. I want a guy that remembers my ****ing birthday and gets me a card. Carries heavy things for me, pushes the cart at the grocery store and opens doors. I don't want to hear about how I'm treating a man like a pack horse by wanting these things. I think everyone should play to their strengths. Mine isn't carrying heavy stuff. But if you need someone to get on their knees to get some "housework" done than that's me. Makes sense, I'm shorter and closer to the ground in my described arrangement. But traditional gender roles don't freak me out because I'm just that empowered of a woman.
As for games, I don't know what the **** that means. I do know that most women don't want to be used for sex. I think most women if the sex is good would rather get that on lockdown than move along to the next adventure in awkward fumbling that a lot of first time encounters are. The problem is most of the guys really good at sex someone has already gone out of their way to get it on lockdown. A string of one night stands cannot turn a brah into a good lover. So the dating scene ends up being a merry-go-round of dudes that think because they keep pulling down ***** that they're good in the sack, when the reality is they're just not getting repeat customers. But they lack proper training, and they're never gonna get it because they suck. So they continue on.
Mostly, I want a dude that can keep his hands to himself and be my friend. If I want the D, well, I know where it is and it doesn't take an MD to find it.