Inside look into a man’s dating decision making process

Alright girls, here it is! A once in a lifetime opportunity to understand the complex (yet exceedingly simple) process which men use to decide if a girl is “date worthy.”

You take the physical attractiveness of the girl (x) and then subtract her perceived maintenance cost (y) to find out z.  If z is a positive number, she is girlfriend material.  If z is a negative number she’s material for other things.

In lamens terms, hot girls are allowed to be more high maintenance than their humbler counterparts.  Fucked up right?

Wrong.

Before you women get on your “men are pigs” high-horse – you should know that you do the exact same thing.  Except x is a man’s monetary value and y is a man’s attractiveness.  Meaning the more money a man makes, the less attractive he needs to be.

And before you get on your “that’s not me” high-horse – you should know I’m stereotyping.  Apparently women tend to think that stereotypes aimed at men are more often correct than stereotypes aimed at women.  There’s a bias in there somewhere, but I digress.

So the basic rule of thumb when dealing with women is that low maintenance is better, right?  Well yes and no.  It’s because attractiveness and maintenance are not rated on the same scale.  The unfortunate (sorry but it’s true) fact is that looks will fade.  Wise is the man who puts more stock into maintenance (which decays at a much slower rate than appearance.)  Simply, it’s better business to go for low maintenance.  It’s kind of like knowing the difference between instant gratification and a good investment.  A trip to Vegas might be fun, but paying off the mortgage won’t take half your stuff.

Don’t forget: looks and money come and go., but an axis II is forever.