Seethe said:
You saw plenty of warning signs with all of them, but pretty much consciously chose to downplay them or outright ignore them (with the notable exception of Xerxes, but I don't think you were nearly as physically attracted to her as you were to the other two). So why did you ignore the warning signs? Because those girls were a 9 or 10 to you in the looks/body department and you let the little head take the reins.
Chuck I just flat out screwed up, again that"s readily apparent. But that was a 3 week quickie, not some long drawn out disaster. Xerxes was quite hot, and still is, but just the totally wrong personality type in a lot of ways and I certainly didn"t drag that one out just for her looks nor was there much of any emotional investment. Anne wasn"t anything spectacular, she was cute but not hot. Was she more attractive than the current girl? Perhaps, but she"s 5 years younger and that probably plays as much of a part as anything. I developed a connection just fine with Anne, and quite honestly the warning signs with her didn"t really appear until it was likely too late anyway.
So no, I don"t think I"ve been consistently blinded by looks in relationships in general or the specific ones I"ve mentioned here.
You've dated her enough to know whether you would like to continue.
Nah, I haven"t. 4 dates dude. Literally. That"s enough to decide if someone"s totally wrong, but I don"t think that"s enough to really determine if there"s something there or not. Or at least I"d rather give it more time.
The reason I suggest you continue to date this girl? Because you haven't told us she possesses any crazy qualities.
Hard to say as I"m still barely getting to know her. I can tell she can be strong willed about things, but that"s a positive in my books. She certainly seems to be past the crazy stage, if she ever was in it.
And she's obviously attractive to you or you wouldn't have slept with her, unless you were drunk, of course. Who knows, you might actually grow into a mature relationship with a stable woman this time around, rather than be blown away by their looks, ignore all of the warning signs along the way, then wonder when the relationship detonates.
Haha, again, you make it sound like I"ve dated a string of hot bimbos who used me or something, when that"s absolutely not the case as I laid out above. I admit I"m picky about looks, but I"m no less picky about personality either. The difference is one you figure out instantly without much effort, the other"s a lot harder to nail down.
I should have been more specific with my original post. I"m not looking for advice on where to take this relationship or how to handle it really, I was more interested to hear opinions of the somewhat odd behavior of the girl in terms of not making contact or taking initiative at all, despite everything else clearly pointing to interest. Like I said, it"s odd.