Is it normal to want to sleep with someone less attractive than you?

Okay, so every guy & girl I've ever dated (I'm queer) has been significantly less attractive than me. The more average the person, the more I want to sleep with them. Many people say that I'm very pretty, I think I'm average. I always date people who are nerdy, slightly overweight, or are somewhat socially awkward. I think I like to be the prettier one in the relationship. Plus, I love thay that my lover "lucked out" in getting me. I often pass over the cuter guys who flirt with me to get to the average ones. Is this normal?

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Based on 177 votes (117 yes)
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  • michaelat

    yeah your afraid of not being the better looking one in the relationship. that shows how insecure you really are.

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  • Elegy

    You just afraid that your beauty wont be seen next to someone more beautiful or smarter

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  • firefly88

    You sound very insecure deep down

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  • davegrohl

    a powerplay for sure
    you want to be in charge

    you have probably had a bad experience previously and you're denying or omitting it
    or somebody close to you went through that and now you're paying attention to that before hand

    to sum up, you're yrying to avoid a bad experience, it's not bad at all, just conservative..

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  • ellaisrad

    I totally get this.

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  • LovingTogether

    Most of us have an ego. Control it! Don't limit your selection to just the plain guys and girls. BTW I think you are like me, bisexual. Loosen up. Personality can be as great as looks. My wife is charasmatic and a great fuck. And so is Don, who flies in from Denver to have wonderful sex with both of us. That's what love truly is.

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  • jazzybnotes

    Yeah i have sex with girls less attractive than me cus you can get them to do what you want and be mean and not feel bad about it. Unattractive people's feelings just don't seem as important.

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  • mustang88

    I think it's normal. And I don't think it's because you're insecure (everyone is to an extent) and definitley when you're the prettier one, your less attractive partner makes you feel even prettier.

    But I for one like to date people less attractive than me for the following reasons:

    1. Men typically have low standards. They claim they are all about appearances but when it comes down to it, they go with what they think will get them laid regardless of how pretty (or not) the girl is. This is because they think hot girls are harder to get (because we are). He is so used to having sex with uglies (75% of girls are ugly in my opinion) that he feels lucky when he gets the hot girlfriend. Thus, he spoils you rotten and treats you like a queen because he likes to show you off and wants to keep it that way. Where as, the hotter the guy is, the more hot girls he sleeps with (especially if he has money, etc.) and so it's really nothing special when he gets to bang you and doesn't treat you as nice. (I also like to sleep with super sexy guys but I find them too cocky to seriously date).

    2. I like the comments people make when you date someone less attractive than you are. "You are way out of his league." etc. This way, if you break up you basically automatically "win" the break up. He cheated on you? Not likely, but if he did it was probably with someone less attractive than you. His new girlfriend will likely be less attractive than you, and lets face it, when we hear our ex is dating someone new thats always what we want to know... "is she prettier than me?"

    3. And finally, hot guys annoy me with their cockiness and I like to take them down a peg by rejecting them.

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  • i330

    I think this is normal. I find that I am often repulsed by people who are considered conventionally attractive because a lot of the time they are also egotistical, vain and conceited. Not always, but there is most definitely a correlation there. I think it's normal to be put off by these qualities if you are not a shallow person. 'Average' people have to work harder at developing an appealing personality, and that is what makes a person attractive in my eyes. But there also could be some truth to the comments about you being insecure or wanting the upper hand; I really don't know enough about you to say which is the case.

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  • No, Queer just means someone who is LGBTQPI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Pansexual, or Intersexed.

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    • RomeoDeMontague

      It means you are not shallow. So good for you!

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  • GalacticDestroyer

    So, queer is the same as bisexual? Then why didn't you just say you were bi? I think this is somewhat normal.

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  • Cookies&Cream

    I feel the same as you, I guess it is because it gives you more confidence or something. My boyfriend is totally nerdy and Im quoting what other people have said to me : "hot". So I guess this is pretty common.

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  • niggerfaggot

    Wow you sound awfully deluded and arrogant. I doubt you are as attractive as you think you are.

    You are obviously a narcissist who hangs out with people only if they make him feel better.

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  • howaminotmyself

    You don't sound very pretty to me. A little narcissistic maybe, but certainly not pretty.

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    • Wow. Rude much? For the record, I don't think I'm pretty. That's just what other people tell me.

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      • russellnb

        You may not be pretty but you are as beautiful as you want to be. Remember what the fox said in "the Little Prince". "It is only with the heart that one can see clearly. That which is essential is invisible to the eye".

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  • Syncitic

    Well, it seems rather egotistical, even a bit sadistic in a way...but I can completely relate to this. I'd choose someone less attractive over someone more attractive, too. I think it's sort of a power play on my part, uncharitable as that sounds.

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