Objectively speaking, I'm not a physically attractive guy. I'm just average, I don't get matches on dating apps, and I've only had 2 girlfriends both of which said they liked my personality(instead of my looks). I used to be bothered by this in high school but frankly I could care less anymore. I actually find it more fulfilling that I have to have a talent, or have substance to make up for the lack of looks. With this I'm having much more fun than ever as I'm able to crack funny jokes, relate well to others, and just become an interesting guy. Everyday is like an adventure for me, and not once did I care about how I looked.

Then my friends in an attempt to get me to talk to girls(Don't know why they insisted, I can talk to girls just never bothered to get one romantically. Also I hate dating apps they're not genuine) told me to sign up for a dating app called Hinge. A few months have passed and I got no matches. When I went to tell them, that its not working and that I don't want to meet someone through a dating app. I told them that dating apps are better off for good looking guys since you judge someone based on their pictures(since thats the first thing you see).

My friend replied saying"no you are(physically) attractive, stop saying you aren't". "if (persons name which my friend thinks hes ugly) gets girls then why cant you" which clearly means that he knows im ugly. So I told him, look I'm better off without dating apps. I'm going to delete the app. He still insists saying that I can't call my self ugly because I have to believe that I'm physically attractive.

I kept telling him I have more to offer than my looks, but he kept insisting that I'm physically attractive. After some arguing, He decided to call me later so that we can talk about it at length.

Why is he so persistent that I'm physically attractive. I know my confidence isn't low because I know I offer more valuable things than just looks. Is this something that TRP instilled when I was still on it years ago, or is my friend just being annoying? I understand hes my friend but cmon I've told him many times and he keeps insisting.