Hey, it's been a while since I posted here but there's something I would like to discuss that some might find interesting.

I've found that years of love-shyness and lack of success with women has led me to somehow neutralise my interest in very attractive members of the opposite sex. In other words, I've managed to "condition" myself to not be attracted at all to objectively beautiful 9/10 or 10/10 women. This doesn't make me any less heterosexual or anything - it just means that I've realised that I would never have a chance in hell with conventionally attractive chicks, so what is the point in actually being "attracted" to them? I reckon this is quite an achievement, given that it is generally accepted that people have little control over their basic instincts of attraction. Nowadays, when I see/pass/converse with a super-hot women, absolutely nothing. It takes a lot of mental strength and self-preservation to do that - quite proud of myself, actually . If anything, it makes my LS problem more bearable than it was before.

I'm much more likely now to be drawn to women who are less attractive - 5 or 6 out of ten chicks, specifically chicks who have nice bodies but kinda fucked-up faces. I guess I think I have more of a chance with those kind of women, though that's probably about a 2-3% chance since I would never approach a girl anyway and in any case she would have to be very proactive (and let's face it, when does that ever happen).

Has anyone else achieved something similar?

I've sort of gotten into mildly attractive women with nice, tolerant personalities. I've gone out with a few fat girls recently and a few older women in their 30s since they're easier to pursue and don't play games. I sort of want to piss off the hot young skinny 25 year olds with a fat girl or a hot older 30something. The hot bitches in their 20s are very overpriviledged. I can't get them and since many people say that I'm a nice, handsome young man, I sort of wanna piss these young hotties off by showing them what they could have had, but chose to pass.

I havent done it consciously, but I suspect I may have shut myself off somehow from attraction to the hottest girls. it's like looking at a crystal structure, they're beautiful and yet i usually feel nothing sexually. I have developed some strong feelings before for girls that would be considered perhaps 6 or 7/10 by others at most, and yet some aspect of them seems enticing. I think perhaps girls of moderate attraction may have the perfect blend of individuality and good genetic composition. the girls who are rated 10/10 are often boring. they all have the same facial ratios.

Good job.

You would sure find some of them on various forums, moaning about how hard is to find a decent man begause they're are "afraid" of them. That always make me laugh and if I care to answer it usually looks like: "Tough luck, ladies -- time to learn the hard way and try like, you know, approach... or (oh gosh!) ask one for a date!?"

Unlike the OP, I prefer the face over the body. Still, from what I've noted from my friends comments, compared to them I would have "low standards". They only seem to care about the 10/10 girls, or the ones who seem to be the party type, and they usually are with an attitude that I found very unattractive. Most of my friends ignore the geeky nerdy type, who I found way more attractive than the "perfect" girls they go for.

Let there be noted, that for the little I know, at least here, those geeky nerdy girls are usually nice decent people, like the only girlfriend I've known my brother had.

I know what you mean. For me, as cliche as it sounds, personality makes a big difference. I don't need a girl to have rock hard abs and d-cups, some imperfections can be attractive. As an example, probably the hottest girl at the company where I work is a perfect 10 yet she really does nothing for me (not that I had a chance anyway). She is not very personable, a conversation is a chore. All she really has is beauty. Less physically "perfect" girls who have more going on upstairs I find more attractive - girls who have that more undefinable sexiness that isn't tied to solely a number between 8 and 10.

Congrats. Similiar situation here. I found that the 10 girls are merely walking manikins with a facebook account and cell phone number. I am attracted to decent looking girls (4,5, or 6) since I feel that they will not only have a better personality and be worth love, but I will be able to empathize with them since I myself have never been treated well for my looks. Looking past their facade of appearance and feeling the pleasantness enamating from them is what I find attractive. Girls who dress modestly, are quiet, and attentive (no nose in cell phone, please) garner my attention. Not that it matters, though...

this is weird cause I have had the exact opposite experience! the first batch of girls I tried to date were really average or maybe even below average in attractiveness. I developed crushed on them cause I liked they cause they had a little thing I admired about them. but to my astonishment these average girls give me a lot of shit and basically made me ashamed of hitting on them(as if I had done something wrong).

BUT a year or two later when out of sheer courage and daring I tried to hit on a really pretty girl and to my amazement this girl respond much better, she even said we had chemistry and she said she was willing to date, although she was also dating another guy. I blew it cause I was so insecure, I had whole cycles of trying to avoid her then coming on too strong afterwards. but the point was unlike the average girls who made me feel ashamed of myself this girl was very nice and I might have been able to start a relationship with her(It might have helped that by this point I had lost a lot of weight and didn't look half bad) if I had better control over my emotions.

I thought to myself maybe this was only this one girl, but ever since then the girls I have had the best experiences with pretty girls, they just are nicer to me and respond better to me flirting.

I know It sounds counter intuitive, but maybe It has to do with pretty girls being more secure about themselves than some of the more average looking girls.