[decimon]

Let a frown be your umbrella.

Put your worst foot forward.

[EricT.]

So women really do like to see men being miserable?

I have always wondered but dared not ask.

[MadMitch]

If happy guys finish last do happy women come first?

[Chuzzlewit]

wow.. another study.. (thanks for posting by the way, I did find it interesting).. I guess this is the final word now, until the next study.

[DainBramage]

Alert CNN!!!....Women liike men to be miserable

[Rebelbase]

Never understood why women were attracted to dirt bags.

[Genoa]

Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George was worried his date would like Jerry better because Jerry was funnier, so Jerry always acted depressed in front of her. Turns out she was totally turned on by it.

[brytlea]

I’m curious who they used for their subjects. And, they use photos, not real people. Do these studies really mean anything? I think these studies are just a way to get funding for the folks who do the them.
At any rate, every woman I’ve ever known who was attracted to bad boys had bad marriage after bad marriage. So, I think this is a crock. Or maybe it just explains stupid women.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

They missed out something important here for men. Both “smiley-happy” and “broody-nasty” are expressive emotional states, but one that is a severe turn-off is “neutral-stoic-indifferent”.

Male faces tend to be more expressive than female faces, which is recognized by both genders. An under-expressive male, or over-expressive female face are seen as more androgynous.

Like among some animals, human females use various forms of display to attract male attention, and males respond strongly to female displays. Some females get very addicted to any form of attention, be it friendly or even hostile. And many males desperately seek female display, often in the form of pornography and strip clubs.

[RandallFlagg]

This may explain why all of those '80s hair bands never smiled on their album covers, yet seemed to get all the chicks.

[Vision]

I could see some women not being attracted to men who are happier then they are. It may leave them feeling powerless.

[Vision]

I could see some women not being attracted to men who are happier then they are. It may leave them feeling powerless and not needed.

[montanajoe]

Hmmm so that's why women have thrown themselves at my feet all my life...not

[patriot08]

Not with me.
I love happy guys. Guys with a great sense of humor attract me every time.

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[No Truce With Kings]

I suspect the study confuses cause and effect. Happy guys are either getting laid, or don’t care about getting laid. That is why they are happy. Unhappy guys are either not getting any or not satisfied with what they are getting. That is why they brood and are unhappy.

If you are happy about your love live are you going to put yourself out and go the extra mile to attract a woman? Why would you? You are happy about the way things are, already.

If you are unhappy about your love live are you going to put yourself out and go the extra mile to attract a woman? Darn straight. You are going to work hard to get what you want.

So which guy do you think a gal is going to be attracted to? The happy guy who is putting no extra effort into pleasing her or the brooding, unhappy guy who puts ina *whole* lot more into signalling how excited he is about this woman in the hope transforming himself into a happy guy?

Seems like a no-brainer to me.

[RichInOC]

I prefer to be happy and enjoy life. And as the old joke goes, I’m not cutting that off for any woman.

[Yaelle]

You know what is funny (pardon the pun) about this? My “gaydar” picks out gay men Because of their smiles. To me, if a guy smiles really really big, he often sets off my gaydar.

[Varda]

I think the study isn't measuring what they think they're measuring. Smiles are often seen (in the absence of other factors) as a submissive gesture.

[Little Bill]

Every woman needs a man to make miserable, my observation on life.

[Larry Lucido]

George: Jerry?

Cheryl: I’m very attracted to him.

George: You think the person you were talking to is him? That’s not even close to him. He’s funny, Jerry’s funny.

Cheryl: He never said anything funny.

George: He can’t not be funny.

Cheryl: No no no, he’s dark. And disturbed.

George: Dark and disturbed? His whole life revolves around Superman and cereal. I convinced him to act like that so that you would think I was funnier. That’s how disturbed I am! If you want disturbed, that’s disturbed. You can’t find sickness like that anywhere, you think sickness like that grows on trees? Nobody is sicker than me, nobody. He’s pretending, I’m the genuine article.

[Lancey Howard]

Ironically, “happy nice guys” also tend to be time bombs.