Have you noticed that your type has changed over time?

Question

I noticed that my preferences have and are changing over time. I'm more attracted to things I wasn't attracted to before and less attracted to things I was before. Have you noticed this yourself?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Yup! not just in people but in everything from music to clothes and foods.
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when I was little (elementary and through middle school) I was attracted to sweet faces. just faces. boys with cute face was like 😍 to me lol

As I got older (high school) I liked attractive faces and slender bodies. I did not care about height at all, I didn't even realize height mattered to me at all during these years.

At age 19-22ish I was attracted to TALL skinny guys. WHY? no idea but I was like 😍 with any tall skinny guy lol 😂 I realized height mattered to me and I preferred skinny

then 23ish all the way till now: I no longer am attracted to skinny AT ALL!! ZERO attraction.
I now love TALL THICK WIDE STRONG BRAOD bodies. (not bulky overly muscular bodies no) I am attracted to wide backs, big bodies with strong hands and arms and a very deep voice. Voice matters to me a lot because it makes me fall in love ☺️if it's very masculine. I want a big bear! lol ☺️☺️☺️

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Clothes I used to wear funky stuff while growing up and didn't even match. Colorful and weird. white stockings with shorts or skirts or dresses

As I got older I was going to school too overly dressed up, not in heels that's too weird for me for school but I was too overly dressed as I look back on it that's also weird to me but I did it! .. my friends used to think I had a job after school as to why I dressed up so fancy lol 😂 I just wanted to look cute and elegant

I now dress mostly casual and comfortable and only really dress up on special occasions.

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Food I disliked anything that seemed healthy as a younger me.. I just assumed it tasted bad if it was healthy so my brain rejected it.

I now eat anything that seems healthy and it tastes amazing as long as my brain assumes it's "healthy" lol
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Music I was into pop catchy tunes while growing up, rock music was crazy and weird to me and I didn't understand why people liked "ugly" music lol

I later started listening to punk rock/alternative rock and detested anything that was not rock lol Country was boring and weird to me

then I started to like country music and I still do! lol I detested anything that was R&B or rap

I now listen to almost anything even some opera 0. o yeah but not rap music. lol

I'll probably be rapping when I'm 80 haha 😂 like this is DA SHIT! right here! with my snoop Dogg music or something. 😂 I'm just saying as my taste keeps changing

but for now still not attracted at all to rap or R&b 😁 but I don't know when I turn 80 🤷‍♀️

WhatTheHeckkkk · Accepted Answer

I think so, yes. When I was younger, early teens, I didn’t really have a preference. I found a lot of guys attractive and it didn’t really matter what they looked like. Personalities were all different, and looks were all different.

As I got older, maybe 16-19, I started to settle down and find guys who I found I was compatible with, not just “date” people I had fun with or liked as a friend. My preferences in looks still varied, but my personality preferences were usually guys who were outgoing and had the same morals and values as I did. I dated/was attracted to all types of guys, but with different cultures, we didn’t have the same compatibility with me or my family’s values, morals, views on futures, and lifestyles, so it made it difficult.

In the past few years, I noticed my serious relationships were with white guys. Compatibility is very important to me, and so is getting along with in-laws. When I talked future with my past boyfriends, we were compatible in all aspects and our families got along, which was everything I wanted. I might just have a subconscious preference to white guys because that’s what the majority of men in my town are, but whatever.

I find myself being really attracted and preferring outgoing/extroverted guys… Or guys who are fairly independent and know what they want in life. I like to call this, “opposites attract” because I am not outgoing whatsoever, but I do like when guys are just as independent and goal/future oriented as I am. I think that’s my preference and how much it has changed from early teens to now.

Lliam · Accepted Answer

Yes. There are lots of examples.

Fashions have changed, of course. In middle school I had some Neru jackets and medallions on chains. In middle school and high school, bell bottom pants were the thing and I wore Beatle boots a lot. From age 17-26, I had long, rock star hair. Then I got a corporate job and had to grow up.

When I was growing up, "car culture" was super popular. American auto manufacturers were producing muscle cars.
There were songs about cars https://www.waybackattack.com/top100-carsongs.html
Plastic model car kits were popular.

Have you noticed that your type has changed over time?

I was really into cars and the fun and adrenaline of driving fast. When I was around 23, I bought a souped up 1972 El Camino. When I was driving it, I thought of this song:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wr9ie2J2690

I later became a motor vehicle damage field adjuster/appraiser. I saw every kind of great car that there was. After a while, I got over the idea of cars as expensive toys. I could give a fuck about flashy sports cars any more. I still admire the look of classic American cars and I love those songs that were popular.

When I was a kid, I had toy cowboy guns. Later, we kids would play "army" (Americans versus Germans). Our dads had been WWII vets. When I was 16, my dad gave me my first.22 rifle. For many years I was into guns, going to outdoor areas to target practice, shooting trap, and reloading my own ammo. But around age 50, I sort of lost my interest. I still like guns, but I haven't done much shooting for many years.

I use to like thrills, fun and excitement. I partied like a Viking. I eventually grew out of it. I've been there, done that for sure. I gradually came to appreciate serenity, nature, art, travel, ancient architecture, history and culture. Actually, I always liked that stuff, and I still enjoy some thrills, but I no longer seek adrenaline rush.

I was attracted to girls from the time I was old enough to go outside.
In middle school, girls started developing figures and I was even more attracted. I got into my first actual relationship when I was 16.
When I was 22 or 23, one of my friend's dad entered a car in the Concourse d'Elegance show in Newport Beach. I heard there were going to be Playboy bunnies there and couldn't wait to see them. This is funny. When I did find them, I was surprised at how plump and curvy they were. Maybe it was the outfits but, surprisingly, they didn't fit my ideal. It wasn't until a couple years later that I realized that, my ideal had been high school girls, not grown women. LOL
By my mid to late 20s, came to think beautiful women of all ages were sexy.

Those are a few things I can think of as examples of how my tastes for a lot of things have changed over the years.

DonkeyDan · Accepted Answer

Yes definitely, when I was younger I was less picky, I'm far more selective of the people I'm interested in. Part of it is experience, other part is that I just don't have the time to waste on people I know I have no common ground with.

jennifer_bloom · Answer

In the last few years, I’m more interested in uniform faces with cheekbone and facial convex maleness and in the past I liked more uncommon faces with cheekbone and facial concaveness as well as preferring amore complex and hybrid appearance in the face.

serious · Answer

Well, in my case the answer is No. Yes minor changes do happen in a person from time to time but any major changes in a person be it their thinking or even otherwise can only happen if the person themselves are motivated to change themselves and that they want too for the right reasons.

In my case, I am highly resistant to making any major changes. By and large I am closed minded as a person and hence my standards have not changed at all. My type has not changed at all.

However, it doesn't matter what my type is because I have decided to remain single for life.

Anyways I do understand what you said in your question. In general you are right, people's standards, preferences do change over time. However, there are also exceptions and I am one such exception.

DizzyDesii · Answer

For the most part, i still prefer the same. Since childhood, i was into guys with low-cut/shaved hairstyles who wore glasses and dressed in casual loose clothing. They were often quite playful and goofy but also sweet and friendly. My type is still mostly the same. The only difference is that in preschool/elementary, i often liked guys shorter than me. As i got older, i wanted someone taller but still close in height (5’7+). I guess another difference is that i now prefer the lonewolf type rather than guys who have a bunch of friends around all the time. I also no longer give atheists a chance in terms of dating. I can befriend them and be cordial as long as we dont discuss religion but i refuse to be in a relationship with a non-believer. Lastly, my love for gamer guys ended after college

FunkyMonkee · Answer

At least in music. Back in the `70's, I had nearly ever Styx album they had out and played them fairly often. I stopped in the early to mid `80's. Not unintentionally, I just never bothered playing them anymore. A month or two ago, I pulled them all up online and listened to all of them in release order and can hardly even remember any of the songs on them or why I liked them so much!
Same thing with Grand Funk (but I only had 3 or 4 of their albums), Uriah Heep, Deep Purple and a couple others.

HotPinkDominatrxSlut · Answer

I've always loved and been attracted to very dark sexy tall black men. The taller and darker the better. Which is why I'm married to and have kids with a very dark sexy black man that is well over 7'. Plus I love seeing how jealous it makes black women. I'm a very beautiful and very petite white girl. I'm 4'11" and have a perfect body large natural tits natural pure platinum blonde super shiny hair longer than I am y'all the bluest brightest lightest eyes and I always dress all in very bright pink. I wear glasses that are very bright pink. Everything I wear and own is very bright pink. Even the cigarettes I smoke are very bright pink. Men of all races including my very dark sexy black husband always tell me I'm by far the most beautiful and most feminine girl they've ever seen and nonblonde women especially black women are soooo jealous of me and black women especially get mad and jealous when they seee with my very dark sexy black husband and my black kids and it's sooo funny.

WonderBell99 · Answer

Yes. My type has changed a lot, but that is understandable, considering I’m only 17.

I wasn’t really attracted to men of other ethnicities besides my own until about two years ago, but now I’m attracted to men of all races. I’m a bit more open minded and a little less naive. Although, the values I expect in my partner will never change. I expect trust, loyalty, good listener and kindness and a family oriented person. I don’t think this is something I’ll ever compromise on.

I’ve learnt somewhat about identifying red flags and all - something I didn’t before. I’ve always been attracted to darker hair as opposed to blondes and red heads. However, I’d go out with an attractive blonde or red head as long as he has a good personality. I do like light colored eyes, but I would not care if he has brown eyes either

iJokeTeeth · Answer

Yes, definitely. As a teen all I wanted was a girl that was fun and DTF 24/7, then as I got older I just wanted a girl that was fun to be around and the sex was infrequent. Now I'm very nearly 33 and ALL I want is a partner that actually has some reasonable level of domestic skill, I get awfully sick of having to do everything around the house while she just sits there on her phone and watches me.

Guido · Answer

It definitely changed with age. What was once attractive qualities became not so important and other qualities became much more important.
It's probably why some couples divorce after a lot of years as one person changes what they want and the other never evolved with them.

Dominique95glee · Answer

Yes I think what’s going on is we all grow up like I use to like the Country the peace and quiet now I like the city bright and loud I use to love Boys with long hair blond and blue eyes now I love guys with short hair any color and green eyes everyone grows up and so dose our minds

Screenwriter · Answer

According to how much "time" you're talking about.

What I've noticed over the many years I've been alive is that I have several "types" and I'm flexible within and outside of those "types."

I've figured that I finally know what I've found attractive all along and realize WHY I find this attractive.

one1wild00 · Answer

Yes, I was into the flashy over everything gals before, now I prefer the classic beauty, girl next door types. ones that can get up and go with no makup or maybe some eye liner/shadow and lipstick at the very most.

kellytheman · Answer

Honestly I feel I more attracted to younger woman lately as I am getting older when I was younger I was into older or more mature woman than me. When I mean young she has to be at least 18 or older. Also below of the age 24 for us too young for me as I will be to old for them if they under the age 24.

Still-alive · Answer

nah mines still pretty consistent. its typically brunette brown eyed girls with shoulder length or longer hair high cute voice and sometimes olive skin. hasn't deviated much from that... but i still admire beauty of other types too but this one still does it the most for me

talka20 · Answer

Most part of me dint have type i just fell in love w the person whom i got along real good n it just happened... the 2nd time also kinda same id say

Precipice · Answer

Not really honestly. I'm only 24 but from 18-present my "type" hasn't really changed.

slatyb · Answer

Not so much. I've discovered that I like women who take some effort with their appearance and look feminine, but I still prefer a natural look.

Prettygurl12 · Answer

Nope. I've always been attracted to the same stuff.

LemonsAsks · Answer

i used to have a specific type. now i just like everyone pretty much.

DaveToo · Answer

I've noticed that my preference has always had a vagina. Beyond that my preferences can change, depending on who I see.

babz21 · Answer

My preference has changed very little. I use to only want a white female buy now I would I'm interested in both white and Asian other then racial preference nothing has changed for me

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

No, my preferences are the same as they always were for just about everything I like.

StrawberryShake · Answer

No, not anymore. My type has stayed the same for about 5 years.

Anonymous · Answer

yeah!!!  the reason is cause we have been lied to since birth  so since we have been lied to  we figure shit out late  if not we would have made different choice's from the start

Jouth · Answer

my type is you. Whatever you are is my type.

nawtee_me · Answer

absolutely, some things are still the same but a lot has changed in what I want and look for...

Joshua0213 · Answer

Yeah as I've matured its defintely changed to a more realistic image of what a woman is

Cowboy6666 · Answer

Yes Now I am attracted to the mature girls who are open minded and not racist

Anonymous · Answer

Not really. I've always liked the same type of women.

Anonymous · Answer

Womens preference changes as they get older. Men generally don’t change their preference but simply accept their options.

altdbob · Answer

Nope, I still like women as much as I did as a teen.

Anonymous · Answer

My type has and always will be Latin/native men lol

Jerre · Answer

Not really. Still notice the same thing - girls

exitseven · Answer

I do not know if it has really changed.

gabby100 · Answer

YES, Its got broader in age range..

clampfan101 · Answer

My preferences are where they’ve always been.

Creampiekarl420 · Answer

Nope I like nice lady like smart girly girls

driven159 · Answer

Once you get older than older women look better

Rudon00 · Answer

Yes I have had experiences in similar situations

Jltakk · Answer

Yea I've noticed. I've become less and less picky.

Nativeguyokc · Answer

Somewhat more open now.

clemdenim · Answer

And that will continue, in most everything

Anonymous · Answer

Yes, your views change as you get older.

Blackcupcake · Answer

somewhat, yes lol

Anonymous · Answer

Definitely yes ut happens.

moonpie89 · Answer

Sometimes yes

Intothevoid666 · Answer

Yes forsure

TrillXHippy · Answer

It somewhat has

Sabinagilb · Answer

We grow

Twalli · Answer

Not too much.

UpdateGloomyNights_ · Answer

Yes I'm

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