7/10. I'm not ugly, but my round slav face probably contributes to my challenges with getting hot girls to match with me on looks based apps. The algorithm put me in the normie, pay-to-play pile and not the chad pile. A Russian RDJ. Probably worse. I have status and swagger so that helps elevate me in the moment.
You know, part of what makes a young woman appealing for a long term relationship is the fact that she is probably happy and not riddled with endless amounts of baggage. Contrast that to the mid thirties girl with a divorce, two kids and a wine problem under her belt.
When I was 40 I dated a 22 year old for a while and we were very happy. The only people who tend to complain about this dynamic are older women or married men.
Career and wealth are power proxies, and sex is all about power. Women are attracted to power. You don't even need to purchase the major symbols like a car or big house or anything. All you need is the title and the attitude that anything can be yours, because it can.
The correlation is not between hotness and narcissism etc, but between how much effort she puts into her appearance and narcissism. I have been with a lot of very hot girls, 8s and 9s, who don't spend a lot of time on their appearance. They were all very kindhearted. Whereas these 5s and 6s who spend most of their time dolling up for the gram are vapid and mean spirited. That whole thing about chad rolling out of bed in the morning looking hot as hell applies to women too. Real hot women can lit…
If guys knew that they were ugly, and that nobody truly desired them, they'd either get violent or go full NEET, and we are seeing both effects. We were always told "it's what's on the inside that counts" which is total bollocks. The truth would be more like "contribute to a society that does not value you beyond your labor"
The dating era is defined by pre-Tinder and post-Tinder. Basically whether a guy can use weapons other than looks to get a girl he wants. Pre Tinder was way easier for people who had charm, even online as you could send the first message on Myspace. Once Tinder came around it was 100% about looks. Even if you are chad, you're competing with all the other chads and if one is more chadly than you, even by just a little bit, then you're done.