A close friend of mine once told me that he had dumped the girl he claimed to love so much because she is a high- maintenance girl. I was flabbergasted. What is that even supposed to mean?! He explained that a high- maintenance woman is one who has very high standards when it comes to money, dates, and what they expect out of a relationship. I asked him if there is such a thing as “high maintenance man” and he laughed.

Most of the things that make a woman seem intimidating to men are things that other women around them would gladly have. This is because most women are interested in bettering themselves, and they do not want to stay at the same place year in year out. However, sometimes men view ambition in women as women wanting to be better than anyone around them – and that these women think they are better than most men. Most of the time, these women do not even know that they intimidate men because they are raised knowing that hard work and success are a good thing that men even find attractive.

Men often take the physical appearance to be a guiding stick of judgment on the standard of a girl. If he feels intimidated by her high-class standards, he will not even try to get with her, but there are still some men that still give it a shot even if they think that a woman is out of their league.

On online dating apps, a lot of women will only post images and personal information that portray them as relatable simply because they do not want to “intimidate” the men that could potentially want to date them.

So, who are these women that “intimidate men?” (May we know them; may we be them!)

1. The Career Woman.

Some men are intimidated by women that are career oriented. The type of career a woman has can influence the type of men that will shoot their shot with her. For example, a woman in the army most likely won’t be courted by every Tom, Dick, and Harry in town as they would be intimidated simply by her “Sergeant” title. Oftentimes, men want to date women who they feel they can “handle”. Many career-oriented women are viewed to be difficult, no-nonsense people who will not tolerate certain behaviors that are common to men. They speak with authority, and this makes men fearful and hesitate to be with them.

2. The Confident Woman.

A great level of confidence is an extremely attractive quality amongst women, but an overly confident woman can be very intimidating, not just to the men in her life, but also to her fellow women. Some men are afraid of women that are confrontational in the relationship. Because of her assertiveness, whatever she starts she finishes with a win! Many men will see that differently… to him he will know that he will never have his way with this woman because she will always want to win whenever a disagreement arises.

3. The Perfectionist Woman.

When it comes to relationships, perfectionist women totally intimidate men. The picture they portray to the man is simply one that he interprets as “if you can’t give me the exact things and way of life I want, don’t even bother”. No man wants to be embarrassed by his perfectionist woman who lowers her standard just to fit into his shape and standard.

4. The Pay My Own Bills Woman (Wealthy Woman).

Rich women intimidate men! Where’s the lie? A man cannot stay in a relationship where he knows that he earns just a portion of what his woman makes (unless he is going to take advantage of her money – and there seem to be a lot of men like that too these days unfortunately). The romance cannot build when you are worried that you have to pay the bill for your baecation and yet you don’t have all the money, but you clearly know that she has it. You drive a fancy ride, stay at an expensive apartment and chill at the most expensive hangouts and you expect that man to bother? Some daring men will, but it certainly will mess with his ego.

5. The Overly Qualified Woman.

An intelligent woman is very attractive because she will understand her man, know how to deal with issues in the relationship, and learn how to please him in the best possible way. However, when this intelligent woman is extremely smart, she will naturally repel men who are not close to her level. A man will feel extremely intimidated when the woman’s ideas are always better than his, when she makes smarter decisions than he does, when her counsel is taken more seriously than his, and when she naturally excels in all areas where thinking is involved. It’s not that men look exclusively for women who are less intelligent, but no one likes to look dumb in front of their partner, regardless of gender.

6. The Strikingly Beautiful Woman.

The saying “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder” means that every woman is beautiful depending on who is looking at her. However, there are those women who are alarmingly beautiful. Women who will stand out in a crowd of models because of just how gorgeous they look. Every man wants to date a beautiful woman. However, few men will have the confidence to approach, let alone date, a woman who is clearly out of their league on this front. There is always the fear that if she is too beautiful then she will have many men hitting on her, and she could leave a relationship at any moment because she has options.

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