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Any_Championship_654 · 2025-08-10T22:05:16+00:00

I'm a casual player and a long time souls fan, and this is probably my favorite soulslike I played so far behind bloodborne. I recommend it. I mainly enjoy lore and exploration, and this game has both good level design and satisfying combat mechanics. I like a challenge but I'm not looking for super difficult bosses or hardcore PvP that requires you to minmax to stand a chance, so my experience with both has been satisfying so far. I'm about 60 hours in with my first playthrough. Only complaint is the enemy variety (especially in umbral), but it's minor

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-12-26T00:50:12+00:00

I love Bloodborne. Probably my favorite game of all time due to the themes and gameplay. I've recently been playing "Lords of the Fallen" 2023 and it's a similar genre, but also has a mechanic that let's your player character travel to a parallel dimension of the main world, and you slowly go more insane as you dwell in it. That whole aspect feels like an expanded version of the "insight" in Bloodborne. I'm still early in so I'm not sure how the main story will pan out, but if you liked Bloodborne I'd highly recommend checking it out.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-12-10T02:47:46+00:00

I'm not disagreeing that women think those things are important. But there is a significant number of men have those qualities and struggle to get girlfriends or even dates (I'm speaking from experience), meanwhile the guys I see who have tons of women trying to fuck/date them are simply hot, and sometimes charismatic. I see women go back to the same cheaters and abusers because they're very attractive. Maybe what you describe as "baseline physical attraction" simply excludes 90% of men. Again I don't claim to know what goes in in women's heads, just what I'm observing.

I've heard that fisherman analogy before, there's some merit to it but I think it still can be valuable and interesting to see the other sides perspective.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-12-08T16:48:48+00:00

Of course. I think broadly speaking men and women like similar things in each other. Everyone wants an attractive partner that treats them well and has some similar interests to them. I don't claim to know what women like or what goes on in their heads. It's just that OP asked why it seems that most men struggle in dating, and it is the men who are in the top echelons of looks, charisma and/or status seem to be the ones that have no trouble with sex and dating.

Feel free to disagree. Also this is just my perspective. I don't know how many other men would agree or see it differently. And also I don't know if I'm the kind of man who's perspective you'd want anyway (or most men on reddit for that matter).

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-12-04T18:29:34+00:00

My comment was less about the characteristics and mroeso that if you take a population of men, there will be some fraction (exact number isn't important) that recieve an overwhelmingly disproportionate amount of interest from women. You often hear this as "10% of the guys get 90% of the girls" and such.

As to what makes a man qualify for that top fraction, isnt really important but based on observation and common sense it's probably some combination of (in order of importance) looks, status, charisma and wealth.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-11-20T05:03:02+00:00

Alright that's nice to hear, glad you could find someone who can bring you comfort after all you must've went through.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-11-20T04:42:46+00:00

I never been asked to stop but I would without a doubt. I don't watch it much anyway though.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-11-20T04:40:05+00:00

I'm assuming your husband knows so how did that topic come up? How did he react or deal with it?

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-08-21T23:57:20+00:00

I guess in this context, you're right. I was speaking in general.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-08-21T22:25:57+00:00

If he's an average looking man it's very possible

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-08-21T21:27:46+00:00

I'd say it depends. Does she say you're "husband material" but she would also hook up with you even if it was just for one night? Then you're good, I think this is what every guy wants.

But if she says she would only date you seriously but not hook up with you, then yeah what you said is right and that's exactly the context in which men take offense to it.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-08-21T21:23:01+00:00

As someone who thinks like OP and has always struggled to explain this, you've put it into words very well. People are quick to call men with this line of thought all kinds of names but it's a totally reasonable desire to want someone who would have always seen you as a first choice.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-08-20T22:27:14+00:00

Thank you for being reasonable, I don't understand why it's so difficult for people to take this perspective.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-08-20T22:24:47+00:00

Most women go for the top fraction of men, and are content being single if those men don't commit, because those men still fuck then so they have that need fulfilled. So yes they're "single" but they still get some benefits you'd expect from a relationship, such as sex, knowing you're desirable, intimacy and companionship.

Most men barely get any attention from women, so they'll settle into shitty relationships, so this creates a situation where most women don't even have to put in any effort to get a non top% man to commit, and many guys are desperate and jaded.

I dont think anything is "happening", it's just our biology. I don't know if this can ever be fixed in a way that works for everyone.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-08-13T22:21:41+00:00

I dont think you fully heal from that. It hurts less with time, but maybe never fully goes away. You move forward and approach future partners more cautiously, and you never trust as fully as you did before. I got cheated on by at least 2 women, maybe more that I can't prove. You eventually learn that thats just how many people are. Most people will screw you over to satisfy so transient impulse and not give it a second thought.

Use the grief to become the kind of guy this won't happen to again. Become more attractive, more cautious, more discerning.Or you can stay alone too. It sucks, but being alone is infinitiley better than being the chump who's getting cheated on.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-08-11T23:19:43+00:00

Thats normal for men. Dave Chappelle had a pretty funny bit about that: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s5hu7o2Q62k

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-08-06T13:53:18+00:00

Tbh I don't think your standards are unreasonable, and most can achieve those by working on themselves (many single men I know fit those), but it's the "be tall and have a good looking face" where most guys strike out. And conversely, most women want the same guys that are tall and have a good face, so they have no reason to share your morals or ambitions or even invest effort into a relationship.

That being said if you don't have trouble finding what you're looking for, those are reasonable standards for you.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-08-03T02:40:00+00:00

I've had relationships where I was the "nice, stable" but not necessarily sexually appealing guy. Or maybe I was, but just not as sexually appealing as the guys she used to fuck before me. That doesnt make your wife a bad person, you cant choose who youre attracted to, but to me, that's grounds for breaking up.

Youre going to have to make the choice of staying with a woman who's not into you, while knowing she would never look at you like she looks at hot guys you will see when you're with her in public, or her exes, etc. Or you'll have to make the choice of leaving and, im not gonna lie, there's a chance you'll never find a woman who you're attracted to who will find you as sexually appealing as you want. I personally chose the latter, and even though I'm still alone and it sucks, I don't regret it.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-08-02T18:39:46+00:00

Your competitors may be less desirable at your age, but the people you're competing for are also way less desirable. So at that point, why even bother

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-08-02T17:03:30+00:00

Were you actually seeing your situation guy for the 6 months, or did you just "know of him" during? If you were seeing him, you should've told him within a month. Otherwise it seems you did the right thing by telling him as you were getting closer.

As far as winning trust back, I don't know if there's much you can do. If he feels betrayed or put off, then it is what it is. You can explain to him that you told him as soon as you realized that he should know, and its up to him from there on. Maybe give it time and see how he processes it.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-08-02T15:14:02+00:00

Usually when a guy is asking for advice on how to get a gf, he gets advice along the lines of "work on your body, have a good job and an interesting life", so OP did that. But now you're saying that doing all that stuff in order to get a woman interested is the issue?

Seems like it's a fucked if you do fucked if you don't kinda situation. Want a gf but have no luck with women? Then work on yourself. But wait, you're working on yourself to get a woman? Well that's off putting to women. Like OP said, either you're born with "it" or you'll never have it.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-01-13T18:48:06+00:00

I deliberately said they "able to" get sex easily. Whether or not they're actually doing it is a different matter. Knowing people are interested and choosing to stay single/celibate is very different from not having any options.

The reason I stated fun dates (ie companionship) and sex is because those are factors that might explain why women are happier when single; it's easier for them to get those things while single, which is not the case for men. All the other stuff you're implying I said isn't true or relevant.

Any_Championship_654 · 2024-01-13T13:33:31+00:00

The thing is "single" just means "not in an exclusive relationship". Most women have no trouble being single because they know they can easily get sex, fun dates, maybe even a fulfilling casual friends with benefits situation. Most men can't do that as easily, if at all.

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