Maybe I'm not being precise with my language but y'all know what I mean. I see this over and over again, it's as though it's some shocking revelation to them that tall, fit, handsome men attract beautiful women. Or worse, they resent they can't easily attract above average looking women while being at best, average themselves. What's going on here, what's the psychology behind this? What's the cultural message they are getting?

It's my perception that while some women may be just as delusional, especially as teenage girls, they learn pretty quickly that they need to be realistic about their male partner's look and on average don't have this problem. Why are girls figuring this out in their teens and early 20s but you have men in their 30s, 40s and 50s having absolute fucking meltdowns when they realize this?