NorPacWolf said:
Using that as a baseline, you know most people posting here are average to below average in facial appearance, body build and fashion sense, and significantly below average in terms of their body language and social skills. So it's clear, at least in my mind, why the experiences of models or men who have model caliber looks, would strike the typical forum member as "unbelievable."
I agree. I also agree with ricorio and God_of_getting_layed. While my game is not at its sharpest right now, in the past I've been approached plenty of times, and I'm not even that great looking.
Looks can get your foot in the door. They matter to women as they do to men. But they are not everything, and I think the people arguing against looks make it into a straw man argument and think just because you say looks matter then it's only important thing.
In highschool I was shy, no friends, depressed, no social skills and lots of social anxiety. Girls would come up to me and tell me I look like a model. Lots of girls would grab my ass and stuff like that too. I had self-esteem issues and thought they were actually making fun of me because I was ugly. It actually made me angry and even more depressed in a lot of ways, thinking everyone was out to get me. Even though I apparently looked like that guy in the Backstreet Boys, I was not getting laid.
But, if I had just an ounce of social skills, I could have been getting laid left and right, just because I looked good. As I've grown older, I've improved my social skills, got rid of the anxiety, and became much more confident. I've also noticed when you start getting older looks are a slightly smaller piece of the puzzle, especially to more mature women. But they still count.
For the last couple of months I got into a dry spell, and I was sort of unconfident. I was still getting appraoched by women on occasion, but not nearly as much. I notice now, that I am much more confident, vibrant, and happy, the approaching seems to have picked up again.
So, point being, from my personal experience, I get approached on occasion, maybe 1-3 times a week just out and about, and of course it makes things easier. And of course, women have their ways of 'approaching' some times that is not always direct. For example, bumping/brushing into me, getting right into my face, etc. I rarely get women giving me their numbers so directly as ricorio described, but I've seen it happen several times to friends, and I'm not surprised at all. I'm kind of skinny right now, so I'm pretty sure if I worked on my physique I would be getting that sort of thing too.
Deus, I have a few questions for you, and honestly this is because I really would like to help.
How often do you get approached? Do you have good posture?
Why do you keep saying you have self-esteem issues? What are you insecure or not confident about?
Do you find yourself basing your happiness in a given day on the amount of attention you get from women? Do you put women on pedestals for their looks?
Just curious, because it took me a while to get over my own issues. I think just answering those question you may find out somethings about yourself that you didn't know or realize were there. I used to base my own feeling of worth on how women treated me or paid me attention - sort of like the male version of an attention hor. But then I hit a low point, and realized I shouldn't base my confidence on how women treat me. What really helped was finding my passion in life, which is my business. I think if you can find what drives you, and really get into it, you'll find yourself a lot more confident.