TruEmFan wrote:Sarah wrote:Hahahahaha, sooo true. They like curves

for real, men can almost always agree on what's hot and what's not. i think that's why men always say "i'd hit it", where as women don't. ladies can easily disagree about a man's looks, because some are into long hair, some like short, some like the preppy look, others like the tough, rough looks, etc. but if you show a picture of a girl wearing a bikini to any man, he's pretty much gonna like it.
I don't quite agree with that, there's not a general female ideal that makes men drool (except the obvious prerequisite of tits, ass n a certain thing btw the legs), i have a bunch of male friends n they can get into heated arguments over what's hot or not, they have totally different preferences - some like blondes, some brunettes or reds, some like skinny n some more curvaceous, some like short n some like tall, some like small boobs n some like big ones, funny thing is most of them have ended up with women who are totally different from what they're dreaming of according to themselves LOL
As for myself, I have to admit that looks do matter somewhat, call me shallow or whatever but i'm to a certain extent controlled by my instincts - we all are, it's just different what those instincts focus on. I don't fall for short guys e.g., n they can't be too much on the heavy side either, n bodybuilders are a major turn off, i prefer slender and athletic - my mind keeps telling me that it doesn't matter, but that's what my instincts are drawn to. Apart from the tall athletic thing the bfs i've had have been totally different - when i was younger i used to fall for pretty boys, now they have to have some kind of edge... Eyes are important, their range of emotions and what they express when they look at me of course

- and a guy has to possess a certain intellectual level and a sense of humour, but otherwise I don't care whether he's dark or blond or whatever. Personality can make up for a lot of "defects" when it comes to looks, if you like a person you stop seeing the flaws you think they have, they become unimportant (which is quite lucky for most of us cause otherwise over half of the world's population wouldn't find a partner

) - looks are only the first hand impression, it's what lies beneath the surface that matters if you want a long term deal.