So, how much money do you need to make to make up for physical flaws?

[AngryAmish]

<http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/04/09/how-dont-i-love-thee/#more-61>

"By watching speed daters and online daters, social scientists have minutely calculated what turns people off (and activates their Flaw-O-Matics, the topic of my Findings column). They’ve consistently found different levels of pickiness in men and women."
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"Suppose you’re an ordinary-looking guy whose online picture is ranked around the median in attractiveness. (In the study, the ratings of attractiveness were done by independent male and female observers hired by the researchers.) And suppose you’d like to be as successful with women as a guy whose picture is ranked in the top tenth. Then you’d need to make $143,000 more than him. If your picture is ranked in the bottom tenth, you’d need to make $186,000 more than him.
Similarly, according to the study, a 5-foot-0 guy would need to make $325,000 more than a 6-foot-0 man to be as successful in the online dating market. A 5-foot-4 man would need $229,000; a 5-foot-6 man would need $183,000; a 5-foot-10 man would need $32,000. And if that 6-foot-0 man wanted to do as well as a 6-foot-4 man, he’d need to make $43,000 more.
For women in the online study, shorter is better. A 5-foot-6 women would need to make $59,000 more than a 5-foot-0 or 5-foot-2 woman to do as well. She’d need to make $50,000 more than a 5-foot-4 woman."

read the whole thing. Upshot, if short and want to date well as a guy, make tons of money. If tall as a woman, make lots of money.

[Javaman]

1. I'm 6'2", I'm juuuuuuuuuuuuust right LOL nt

[skygazer]

2. Solution

Turn off the computer and go out.

[crim son]

3. That's funny. Height is about the only physical quality

that matters to me - the man must be taller than my 5'8", or at least my height. I have no other physical requirements other than an attraction and for me the attraction is entirely related to the personality.

Random thoughts. I should be studying. Dammit, I WILL study.

[Deja Q]

4. I'm 5'11", 203 pounds, dark brown hair and eyes, 33" waist, a large

belly that I'm trying to reduce, an awful sense of humor, balding, stressed out, great with Photoshop, and despite it all am more useful than a tilt-a-whirl amusement park ride. :D

[crim son]

5. You sound totally hot to me

because I've read a bit about the way you think. :loveya:

[Wcross]

6. I'm 6'6", I can quit my job and work at McDonalds! woo-hoo! n/t