Hi guys. This is my first post. Have been a reader of the boards for about 6 months now. Like most of you, this site has changed my view on the dating world, women, and life in general.
My question pertains to being a skinny / young looking dude and how women perceive this. I am also 25 years old and women are generally receptive of me, would consider myself an attractive male. A lot of objection i get follows along the lines of, "you're so skinny!", or "yeah, you do look young". Anyways, over the summer, i started eating to gain weight and also started lifting, ended up going from 120 to almost 140 pounds in a few months. Packed on some muscle as well. However, in the past few months, i stopped going to the gym, and lost about 8 lbs. I am going to start hitting the gym again soon. It felt good to see results, but it takes a lot of effort to gain and maintain the weight.
Anyways, I was wondering if being skinny and young looking works against me. Especially being out of college and in the real world. It's something I never really paid any attention to, and was the reason why i started lifting/gaining weight. I would say everything else about my appearance is on point. Have a haircut that works well for me, dress well, etc. Is this something I should continue to focus on? It gets me down a little thinking that this hurts me with finding new women. I am perfectly happy with my body type, and I'm glad to hit the gym and lift weights to get some muscle, but I really don't wanna gain like 30 lbs. Is it ok being skinny/fit with some muscle? But not really muscular?
Thank you.
My question pertains to being a skinny / young looking dude and how women perceive this. I am also 25 years old and women are generally receptive of me, would consider myself an attractive male. A lot of objection i get follows along the lines of, "you're so skinny!", or "yeah, you do look young". Anyways, over the summer, i started eating to gain weight and also started lifting, ended up going from 120 to almost 140 pounds in a few months. Packed on some muscle as well. However, in the past few months, i stopped going to the gym, and lost about 8 lbs. I am going to start hitting the gym again soon. It felt good to see results, but it takes a lot of effort to gain and maintain the weight.
Anyways, I was wondering if being skinny and young looking works against me. Especially being out of college and in the real world. It's something I never really paid any attention to, and was the reason why i started lifting/gaining weight. I would say everything else about my appearance is on point. Have a haircut that works well for me, dress well, etc. Is this something I should continue to focus on? It gets me down a little thinking that this hurts me with finding new women. I am perfectly happy with my body type, and I'm glad to hit the gym and lift weights to get some muscle, but I really don't wanna gain like 30 lbs. Is it ok being skinny/fit with some muscle? But not really muscular?
Thank you.
