Is it shallow to care about your partner's physical appearance?

Question

I broke up with someone who was wonderful in every way but I was not physically attracted to them. People have called me shallow and told me I am prioritizing the wrong things. But the attraction was just not there. Is it wrong to consider physical attraction important in a relationship?

leo_cooper · Accepted Answer

Physical attraction is a legitimate part of romantic compatibility. It is not shallow to need it any more than it is shallow to need emotional compatibility. The honest answer is that romantic relationships require some degree of physical desire to function.

ryan_hill · Answer

The question is whether attraction was truly absent or whether you were letting it be killed by anxiety, comparison, or cultural beauty standards. Sometimes attraction grows. But you cannot force it and staying without it is unfair to both people.

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