Chip Chick
His friend was really upset, and so he asked if he could see a photo of this woman from the cooking class.
His friend pulled her up on social media, and it was blatantly obvious to him why this girl turned his friend down.
“Sure enough, she was insanely attractive and in marketing at a big company,” he said. “I just tried to sympathize. Later, I thought long and hard about it. On the one hand, I didn’t want to be mean. But on the other, this has been occurring since freshman year of high school.”
“He is now the last person in the friend group to be single and completely missed out on dating in high school and college.”
“Say what you will, but I think that romance is important for the vast majority of people, and I also think physical attraction is a foundational aspect of relationships unless you’re both ace. He could easily be in a relationship if he got over his obsession with beauty.”
“So after rehearsing what I wanted to say, I decided to sit him down, and I told him, “I’m going to be honest with you, man, I think you should lower your physical standards. You would have way more options.” He protested and said that his standards were reasonable because he’s a good-looking guy.”
He gently informed his friend that his willingness to only go for women who were drop-dead gorgeous clearly hasn’t been fruitful for him so far.
He also pointed out to his friend that he really should look at women who are sweet but aren’t as hot, you know, like that girl at the bar he had turned down.
He then mentioned it might be a good idea for his friend to go to therapy. Well, his friend got livid with him and has not really said anything to him in 8 days.
He’s left wondering if it was mean of him to try to be honest with his friend about why he’s single.
Do you think he should have said nothing and kept letting his friend struggle along?
