h2o, i applaud your post, you make a valid point.
Some guys at a point in their lives were once picky, hell even i used to be...But if it gets to a point where you're using that as an excuse not to date or have a gf, then its a bad thing.
2 of my friends who barely have any dating experience ARE looking for perfection (and they are also using that as an excuse not to go for the ones that do like them), they think that if they catch a HB10 they'll be set for life. No matter if you find the HB10 there will always be external forces out to destroy the relationship, and nothing lasts forever.
As i keep telling my friends, looks isnt everything. What if you find that HB10 and find out she's a nasty *****? But that's how they are, they just use girls' looks (average girl) as an excuse not to know them just cuz they dont meet their standards (the hb9).
And when they do meet a HB9, they have no balls to talk to them.
The interesting thing is that girls are already doing this. THEY want to be in relationships, they WANt to settle down. And the fact is that whatever comes along as a great catch (at the moment) they will go for him. No way they're going to wait 5 or 10 years for their ideal perfect man (unless those fantasy driven type of girls). And the thing is a lot of do (and should) take advantage of opportunities presented to them.
There's more to life than just fulfilling sexual desires. There are a lot of girls out there who make themselves available to you that have so much to offer with their personalities. Who cares if they dont have a model face and model body, no body's perfect in this world.
I tend to notice that inexperienced guys and girls are picky, which is a paradox.
Take risks, and be rewarded.