I've decided what I want for my birthday...

[thepaper]

With a little less than three days till my birthday, I've found what I want.

Aki Hoshino. (See also this and here) For those who enjoyed that, “You're welcome

Comments

[conrad_delta]

Women like her scare me. I must elaborate: "Objectively", I do find her attractive, but usually, women who are extremely attractive such as her are repelling to me. Most of the women I find attractive are ok or above average in physical appearance. I actually think my preferences for women have no consensus with most of the guys I know.

I also like older women, probably because of my perception of their maturity. I'm not saying I am; perhaps it's probably for the older woman to compensate for my immaturity. It's not a conscious choice, but I have yet to understand why I prefer older women.

Yes, I also hope that Aki is a real fan of Star Wars. Similarly, I'd hope more girls geek it out. I consider myself a geek, and if I'm looking for a partner with good qualities (interior and exterior) and have similar interests with mine, I could be doomed to search for an eternity.

Those being said, and regardless of probabilities going against you, I hope you get what you want for your birthday. :)

[thepaper]

I think I know what you mean, maybe. Very attractive people can be kind of scary, or intimidating. I think a lot of people also suffer from a sort of feeling like, "Well, they'd never be interested in someone like me" because they are so appealing and the person interested generally feels some anxiety or the like.

I know someone with that kind of effect on me (used to have a crush on them for several years) and I think most people do ask themselves "what are the odds? Really" and then write off that person. But it could be that if one just went for it, it might turn out well. There's two things I see about such people, they're so attractive they either get asked out all the time (and the resulting attitude could vary, everything from annoyance, to boredom to playful indulgence, for a few examples). That or they are so intimidating to others no one bothers and might actually be willing to consider it, maybe even think you brave for asking

[conrad_delta]

Oh, I like your point regarding intimidation. I know of at least two of my college batchmates. A lot of guys liked him 'cause she's pretty (not to my eyes haha,) sexy (again, not to my eyes) and really friendly (oh, this I can agree with.) Although I don't know how many people actively pursued her, I would think that people will be intimidated by her because of this thing that I like to call the Voltes V phenomenon (she and her group of friends are so close together that other guys could not "reach" her because of intimidation.) The other girl, well, she's smart and also pretty, and I know of someone who verbally said that he was intimidated by this

[thepaper]

I think it happens pretty often, the intimidation. And attractive people that have friends that are often close at hand makes the situation much more intimidating, I'd agree.

Same here. And really in the one (SW one) picture Aki looks so skinny as to be a bit of a shocker to me and less appealing. I'm having trouble of thinking someone as a good example of saying my general type (Aki is a fair bit bustier than most I gravitate toward, but she's not waaay too big like Fuko) Big fan of brunettes myself as well. I'd agree with the looks thing, the physical beauty fades (to varying degrees), but the internal (mind/personality/"soul"), timeless parts are what makes it work and last