The truth: Brutal facts about dating dynamics

Seth Walsh

Seth Walsh

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  • Looks filter the pool; below-average faces barely register.
  • Top 10 % of men and women hoard most digital attention; median users starve.
  • Women date up in status, income, and age; men accept lateral or down.
  • Early-20s female desirability peaks; late-30s male resources peak.
  • Dating apps run winner-take-most auctions: a super-hot tier monopolizes matches.
  • Global social media exposes local daters to world-class competitors, inflating standards.
  • Monogamy relied on social pressure; erosion of that norm widens inequality in pairings.
  • Choice overload breeds paralysis and serial short-term bonds.
  • Most people anchor on perceived market value, not personal compatibility.
  • Commitment often triggers when biological or social deadlines loom rather than when “ready.”
  • Emotional labor expected from women; financial provisioning expected from men; both resent the trade.
  • Romantic storytelling markets the product; underlying exchange remains transactional.


  • Sexual market is zero-sum short-term – one man’s success often requires another’s failure.
  • Women filter, men pursue – biological cost of pregnancy makes female selectivity foundational.
  • Looks and status dominate entry – personality only matters after attraction threshold is crossed.
  • Hypergamy is real – most women date up or across; rarely down.
  • Male peak ≈ 30-35 (resources higher, maintain looks + be normal), female peak ≈ 20-24 – asymmetrical windows of maximum desirability.
  • Top 10% of men monopolize most attention – digital dating accelerates winner-takes-most dynamics.
  • "Nice guy" behavior without arousal is invisible – kindness doesn’t generate attraction without desire.
  • Commitment is an earned privilege, not a default – given to those who excite and lead, not merely present.
  • Marriage is often a bet against time and libido – declining novelty fights pair-bonding after 3–5 years.
  • Rejection isn’t always about you—it’s often about her options, timing, ego, or trauma—but internalizing it still ruins men who lack frame.
 
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Didnt read
 
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Yeah that’s basically a good precise summary
 
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  • Looks filter the pool; below-average faces barely register.
  • Top 10 % of men and women hoard most digital attention; median users starve.
  • Women date up in status, income, and age; men accept lateral or down.
  • Early-20s female desirability peaks; late-30s male resources peak.
  • Dating apps run winner-take-most auctions: a super-hot tier monopolizes matches.
  • Global social media exposes local daters to world-class competitors, inflating standards.
  • Monogamy relied on social pressure; erosion of that norm widens inequality in pairings.
  • Choice overload breeds paralysis and serial short-term bonds.
  • Most people anchor on perceived market value, not personal compatibility.
  • Commitment often triggers when biological or social deadlines loom rather than when “ready.”
  • Emotional labor expected from women; financial provisioning expected from men; both resent the trade.
  • Romantic storytelling markets the product; underlying exchange remains transactional.


  • Sexual market is zero-sum short-term – one man’s success often requires another’s failure.
  • Women filter, men pursue – biological cost of pregnancy makes female selectivity foundational.
  • Looks and status dominate entry – personality only matters after attraction threshold is crossed.
  • Hypergamy is real – most women date up or across; rarely down.
  • Male peak ≈ 30-35 (resources higher, maintain looks + be normal), female peak ≈ 20-24 – asymmetrical windows of maximum desirability.
  • Top 10% of men monopolize most attention – digital dating accelerates winner-takes-most dynamics.
  • "Nice guy" behavior without arousal is invisible – kindness doesn’t generate attraction without desire.
  • Commitment is an earned privilege, not a default – given to those who excite and lead, not merely present.
  • Marriage is often a bet against time and libido – declining novelty fights pair-bonding after 3–5 years.
  • Rejection isn’t always about you—it’s often about her options, timing, ego, or trauma—but internalizing it still ruins men who lack frame.
And incels, feminists and femcels are locked out of the game resentful of players from the sidelines :p

 
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And incels, feminists and femcels are locked out of the game resentful of players from the sidelines :p

Feminists and femcels can play and win.

Incels don't even make it to the sidelines.
 
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Chat GPT
 
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  • Looks filter the pool; below-average faces barely register.
  • Top 10 % of men and women hoard most digital attention; median users starve.
  • Women date up in status, income, and age; men accept lateral or down.
  • Early-20s female desirability peaks; late-30s male resources peak.
  • Dating apps run winner-take-most auctions: a super-hot tier monopolizes matches.
  • Global social media exposes local daters to world-class competitors, inflating standards.
  • Monogamy relied on social pressure; erosion of that norm widens inequality in pairings.
  • Choice overload breeds paralysis and serial short-term bonds.
  • Most people anchor on perceived market value, not personal compatibility.
  • Commitment often triggers when biological or social deadlines loom rather than when “ready.”
  • Emotional labor expected from women; financial provisioning expected from men; both resent the trade.
  • Romantic storytelling markets the product; underlying exchange remains transactional.


  • Sexual market is zero-sum short-term – one man’s success often requires another’s failure.
  • Women filter, men pursue – biological cost of pregnancy makes female selectivity foundational.
  • Looks and status dominate entry – personality only matters after attraction threshold is crossed.
  • Hypergamy is real – most women date up or across; rarely down.
  • Male peak ≈ 30-35 (resources higher, maintain looks + be normal), female peak ≈ 20-24 – asymmetrical windows of maximum desirability.
  • Top 10% of men monopolize most attention – digital dating accelerates winner-takes-most dynamics.
  • "Nice guy" behavior without arousal is invisible – kindness doesn’t generate attraction without desire.
  • Commitment is an earned privilege, not a default – given to those who excite and lead, not merely present.
  • Marriage is often a bet against time and libido – declining novelty fights pair-bonding after 3–5 years.
  • Rejection isn’t always about you—it’s often about her options, timing, ego, or trauma—but internalizing it still ruins men who lack frame.
Did read, what personality should I have after she’s attracted to me? I fumble too hard Iately
 
Did read, what personality should I have after she’s attracted to me? I fumble too hard Iately
Your own personality. All the quirks, unfiltered.
 
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