Man Questions Friend's Physical Standard For Dating

The poster believes people should have standards, not "superficial" ones like physical parameters. He insulted his friend's physical appearance saying he's not a catch, so he has no right to make demands.

The conversation arose because the friend returned home after facing rejection from a hot woman. He didn't expect her to reject him because the 22-year-old thought he was physically attractive; however, his roommate (the original poster) was right.

The OP finally told his friend that he had impossibly high standards and should lower them if he wanted a romantic partner like the rest of their friend group. He added that his friend wasn't that fine, causing them to fall out.

Redditors had mixed opinions about crowning the 22-year-old a jerk. The major consensus said his heart was in the right place, but his approach was wrong. They said it'd take years of therapy to build self-awareness as he had a false image of himself.

On the other hand, they acknowledged that the roommate wasn't nice either, and he did his fair share of rejection. Having high standards wasn't his problem but his lack of self-awareness since he was also the villain in other people's stories.

There's one part the duo neglected, however, which was the roommate's age. As a 22-year-old who's been single for eight years, according to the OP, the friend group started daring at 14, so saying he missed out on love is an exaggeration as the rest of his life is still ahead of him.

Others highlighted that those "less-attractive" women would suffer if they dated a man with such an inflated ego. He'd complicate their lives and ruin their self-esteem by reminding them that he's doing them a favor by dating them.