Hello members, models, and everyone else whom I might be speaking to. This thread is based on a random thought. I skimmed the blurb of a Huffington Post article, which seemed to be all about giving up on the "S/he is just not my type" thing, and thus opening the door to finding someone who suits you well, when previous relationships have frequently turned pear-shaped. I can see an argument like that being really good or really bad, but that's not what I'm interested in right now.
What I'm interested is to hear what our peeps here go for.
What gets you about a person when you meet them? And what gets you about them when you get to know them better? Any physical or personality-based attributes which make you weak at the knees?
I have a few, myself. I am a sucker for contrast, and as a spin-off of it, androgyny. A big one for me, since before I even hit puberty, was long-haired men. It always fascinated me, to see something stereotypically feminine work with and sometimes even accentuate masculinity. As a counterpoint, I have really enjoyed rocking my own short 'do.
The attraction to androgyny came later - after discovering my bisexuality, I enjoyed manly men and girly girls, because the wide spectrum of possibilities delighted me. But these days, androgyny is sexy as hell to me. I still love long-haired men, but I have come to like other effeminate attributes about them. Same way I have come to love kind of brash, tomboyish ladies.
But on a deeper level, I think contrast is sexy. Someone who is super pale-skinned, and has very dark hair and/or eyes? Hot. Dark skin and pale eyes? You'll have to pick me up off the floor, I'm afraid I just swooned. But it's best of all when someone is a fun mix-and-match of quirky contradicting attributes. For privacy's sake, I won't go into detail about Mr Immie's successor, but yes, there is a new man in my life. A man with beautiful eyes, pretty hair, and a girlish physique; but also manly workin' hands, steely strength, and the ability to grow a beard which would make the hippest of hipsters weep. I delight in the way a coquettish mannerism contrasts with a lumberjack beard.
There are other, single things which I find attractive:
Red hair.
A mismatched facial feature - think Adrien Brody's large nose, or Peter Mensah's unusually thin lips.
Slanty cat eyes.
Freckles - especially one someone who is actually dark-skinned.
Crows' feet. Oh my god, do those make me giddy - I love the tracks carved by years of laughter.
Veiny forearms, in a man. Meow.
Arm muscle definition, especially in a girl. Jessica Biel's deltoid definition in Blade got me at every turn.
I have come to love shy mannerisms, too. That's part of an appreciation for the larger category of quiet, subtle communication. I love it when someone communicates with a quiet smile, crinkled eyes, an eloquent tilt of the head...
And one of the best things: a quirky sense of humour. That's still what got me about both Fotina and Keilyn; those two ladies were a riot. Same is true of Giselle.
So. That's my ode to what I find attractive. Anybody care to give some input? Some weird little thing that you find ridiculously sexy? I wait with bated breath.
What I'm interested is to hear what our peeps here go for.
What gets you about a person when you meet them? And what gets you about them when you get to know them better? Any physical or personality-based attributes which make you weak at the knees?
I have a few, myself. I am a sucker for contrast, and as a spin-off of it, androgyny. A big one for me, since before I even hit puberty, was long-haired men. It always fascinated me, to see something stereotypically feminine work with and sometimes even accentuate masculinity. As a counterpoint, I have really enjoyed rocking my own short 'do.
The attraction to androgyny came later - after discovering my bisexuality, I enjoyed manly men and girly girls, because the wide spectrum of possibilities delighted me. But these days, androgyny is sexy as hell to me. I still love long-haired men, but I have come to like other effeminate attributes about them. Same way I have come to love kind of brash, tomboyish ladies.
But on a deeper level, I think contrast is sexy. Someone who is super pale-skinned, and has very dark hair and/or eyes? Hot. Dark skin and pale eyes? You'll have to pick me up off the floor, I'm afraid I just swooned. But it's best of all when someone is a fun mix-and-match of quirky contradicting attributes. For privacy's sake, I won't go into detail about Mr Immie's successor, but yes, there is a new man in my life. A man with beautiful eyes, pretty hair, and a girlish physique; but also manly workin' hands, steely strength, and the ability to grow a beard which would make the hippest of hipsters weep. I delight in the way a coquettish mannerism contrasts with a lumberjack beard.
There are other, single things which I find attractive:
Red hair.
A mismatched facial feature - think Adrien Brody's large nose, or Peter Mensah's unusually thin lips.
Slanty cat eyes.
Freckles - especially one someone who is actually dark-skinned.
Crows' feet. Oh my god, do those make me giddy - I love the tracks carved by years of laughter.
Veiny forearms, in a man. Meow.
Arm muscle definition, especially in a girl. Jessica Biel's deltoid definition in Blade got me at every turn.
I have come to love shy mannerisms, too. That's part of an appreciation for the larger category of quiet, subtle communication. I love it when someone communicates with a quiet smile, crinkled eyes, an eloquent tilt of the head...
And one of the best things: a quirky sense of humour. That's still what got me about both Fotina and Keilyn; those two ladies were a riot. Same is true of Giselle.
So. That's my ode to what I find attractive. Anybody care to give some input? Some weird little thing that you find ridiculously sexy? I wait with bated breath.
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