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Do the most attractive girls feel overwhelmed?

I mean like overwhelmed by the attention they receive primarily from guys i'd guess.

Is it like annoying to have people stare or try and chat you up anywhere you go or is it welcome/confidence boosting?

You can go anon if you don't want others to think you're conceited.
It's the same for attractive girls and guys... ultimately, it depends on who's doing the staring / chatting up as well as whether or not it's in an appropriate environment.

Attractive people (of either sex) are noticed by everyone. If you choose to present yourself in an attractive manner, you can't "pick and choose" who finds you attractive, you've got to put up with all the undesirable types as well. For girls, this would include the lairy builders; the "dirty old men"; the "holla boys"; the weirdo /stalker types etc. For attractive guys, undesirable women aren't as big a problem, but they DO tend to also get noticed by gay guys as well (Some people may not be comfortable knowing a guy is having "wild thoughts" about them).

Obviously they love the attention from the "right" kind of people... but the question they need to ask themselves, is whether or not it's worth putting up with the attention from the wrong types of people for the good looking people to notice.

Whilst some people may consider me attractive / good looking now, I had a hard time at school for a load of issues I won't bore you with... but to cut a long story short, I'm personally grateful for anyone who finds me attractive (NB, I'd just rather not know the details from the guys though :wink: ). Obviously I can't speak for girls, but from what I see, they just ignore the attention from the guys they're not interested in (the only ones who try and chat them up are the "holla boys", who normally give up after about 10-15 seconds, when they see they're being ignored). The problems come when they notice that they're being followed. Builders tend to just cat call, which I guess can be annoying.
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I’ve sort of assumed it’s a good problem to have, in comparison to regular knock backs
Original post by Zarek
I’ve sort of assumed it’s a good problem to have, in comparison to regular knock backs


Not necessarily... as I said, you can't pick and choose who finds you attractive.

For me, it's not a problem as I'm a guy who can handle himself in most situations. However, from a girls point of view it's completely different... you often hear on this board where girls say they'll tell a white lie to let guys down gently. There are some numpties out there who can't take no for an answer or react really badly, and let's face it... an average guy is more than capable of overpowering an average woman if they really wanted to.
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It is annoying when you ca';t go for a pint without someone mithering you.
Original post by Old Skool Freak
... and we're off :rolleyes:


I was literally stunned that there wasn't an incel post yet, and then it came.
I think there are plenty of attractive people who don't get much attention (by which I mean people asking them out), because there are people who think they're completely out of their league, or of course because they're just not interested.
Original post by Anonymous
I mean like overwhelmed by the attention they receive primarily from guys i'd guess.
Is it like annoying to have people stare or try and chat you up anywhere you go or is it welcome/confidence boosting?
You can go anon if you don't want others to think you're conceited.

It’s a confidence boost yes. But having men touch you or follow u? No that’s the overwhelming bit.
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you know the thing your missing here a bit - is it all about how you look then ? What is attractive ?

How about the person inside? and how nice they are and how nice their actions are?
As a Fairly tall good looking guy its nice to get smiles or looks from nice looking women ofcourse, but its even nicer to be told your a lovely person, or something youve done is nice and by anyone- ? Female, Male, gay, young / old who cares.
Looks fade believe me - good hearts do not - the fire lasts forever.

Watch "Shallow Hal" the film my freinds - and then think about only good thoughts and good deeds. Wether you are a hottie or godess is really irrelavant - and to test that go out and have a relationship with a really good looking person with no personality or interests who is selfish and horrid.
Youll be sad within a few weeks, and want to run away. 🙂 Ive done that its pointless - plus they spend their whole life looking around to see if people are looking at them lol.
It’s nice in some ways but scary in others. Like when people come on really strong and you know they don’t know you well enough to like you that much. In my case it made me paranoid that if someone liked me for the way I looked they would like all the other millions of good looking women. I’ve always dated people I’ve known a long time as friends as a result and never gone out with anyone who has chatted me up. I don’t mind being stared at or even catcalled tbh, it doesn’t scare me and I think as a woman (or whatever your gender) there are advantages and disadvantages to being considered good looking. But for me it really became obvious when I started university that people thought I was good looking and it felt weird because girls started to treat me differently and random men would call me stuck up for not talking to them (when I didn’t know them!). Don’t get me wrong I didn’t love being invisible when I was younger either so I guess you can’t win lol
Of course it’s nice to know you’re good looking but it becomes too much - almost like being pretty is always going to be expected of you and being known for just your looks isn’t fun at all.

I know there’s MUCH bigger problems in the world I’m not saying I’ve the worst problem ever.

Also the feeling of people looking at you when you’re in public. I sometimes find myself slightly staring at the floor/lowering my gaze when walking as it makes me so uncomfortable having people glare at me
There are much worse problems to have
Original post by Emily's Teapot
There are much worse problems to have


That’s literally what I said

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