Can you truly overlook someone's physical appearance and just be attracted to their personality?

I turned down a guy because he's bald and his neck was barely visible 😞 A+ personality and he's actually fit... but I couldn't see myself making out with him. How do I get myself to move past physical attributes? Tried to force myself to see beyond his looks but I couldn't. Sucks when it's genuinely a great guy.

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No unless you start as friends and feelings develop organically.

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I’ve been married for 30 years. My husband was so skinny when I met him but so smart and driven. I married him even though I wasn’t physically attracted to him. Now he works out with a trainer, looks fantastic and is In better shape than I am. Personality trumps looks imo. I’m so blessed. He was always driven and that’s the most important thing

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I feel people like me have a chance only with people like you but it’s just impossible to find someone like that 😭 Everyone, whether they’re attractive themselves or not, have immense standards these days

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Physical attraction is important. I doubt a relationship would last long If you can’t even imagine making out with him.

As someone whose never been in a relationship purely because of looks, you can’t escape less than ideal looks unfortunately.

Different people are attracted to different things — and it changes throughout our life. I was more interested in physical appearance and someone being fun when I was younger. In my 40’s, I want someone stable, who’s at a good place in their career, and I enjoy being around. Looks are way down there on the list.

I feel this! I normal say I'm bi, but I'm really picky - if someone isn't intelligent, I just can't feel any attraction. Doesn't matter how gorgeous someone is objectively, if they're thick as a plank I would rather sleep with the plank...
Attraction isn't something we control. If you have people saying "looks don't matter" than what they mean is "looks don't matter to ME". It's okay to have visual standards (just look at the show Catfish...)

Can't overlook physical appearance until you're older (late 30s) and your selection pool dries up.

Either you can or you can’t. Some people are more visual than others.

I could not do it

my guy is bald & bearded, chubby but strong af. When we first started dating I wasn’t sure I was attracted to him, but I really enjoyed his company and we had intimacy pretty immediately. we had sex on the third date and I was down bad since, he knew how to handle me😜. sometimes I look at him and I know I’m not THAT attracted to him, other times I can’t get enough. He’s providing everything else I want in a partner so far (it’s still new), so I’m willing to continue letting the attraction grow.

Does he keep himself in shape? Or by ‘no neck’ you mean he is a overweight?

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