I don't know what an NW2 is.
From a female perspective if you are approaching women looking like you walked off of a GQ magazine it will create a barrier between you and many women. I know that seems contradictory to women wanting a good looking man. Women do want good looking men, but not heavily manscaped looking male models. We can't relate to that. We want good looking men who don't look like they spent longer then us getting ready for an evening out. Because that comes off as feminine and women respond to masculine energy. Excessive grooming and fussing over hair, clothes, accessories is what women do and we don't want to see men doing that.
There's a balance of maintaining a decent appearance without going to far into metrosexual land. Care, but don't care too much. Does that make sense? This is what many of us love about men, that they can throw on some good fitting clean clothes and comb their hair nicely and be ready to go while we take do all the girly stuff and ask if we look good does our hair look good does this make us look fat etc etc. That's our annoying habit that we don't want to see in our men lol.
So just find some balance Dave because it really is a turn off for the average woman, including the hot women who put hours into their own appearance.
As for the ego, I certainly hope you are suppressing that when you interact with women because also, turn off. There's a modest way of being confident without having to advertise it.
When I said you are shallow I'm basing it off of what you post. So if what you post in any way manifests into how you interact with women then I can see how they may see you as shallow. Just something to be mindful of.
I still look very masculine overall
the big muscles
the dark, masculine facial features (I have a great jawline/chin, thick eyebrows, thick neck)
my clothes are mostly dark grey, black and blue
my facial stubble is great (thick, dark)
I have a very carefully controlled "presentation" where I just look like a naturally great looking man who enjoys dressing nice. I don't look gay and I'm not overly groomed in the face. I don't pluck my eyebrows, I have some hair on my chest. I don't wear skinny jeans, everything is fitted but not too tight... I've been forced to be this obsessive with my appearance because it has gotten me barely any results. If I was average looking, I would probably be a virgin by now. This is how demanding women are nowadays
trust me, I'm much much much more than the price tag on my clothes or the size of my arms. I am genuinely a very good person and I enjoy a deep, intelligent, philosophical conversation as much as anybody. My dad has a masters degree in electrical engineering. Whenever I see him, all we talk about is the world, politics, history, etc...
and what ego? Most of the time, I have to pump myself up for 30 minutes to say hi to a girl I like. I still wonder if I'm good enough to have a decent girlfriend. I still feel like I need to be wayyyyyyyy more perfect to be good enough for a woman. I'm obsessed with self perfection because that's what women demand nowadays
I could do online dating and get zero replies because I'm only a 7.5/10 and not a 10/10 in the face (I can't control my ethnic facial features. I've maximized every aspect of myself as much as humanly possible and it still probably wouldn't be enough)