Blondes, Brunettes and the Women Who Ruin Your Rules

Ask a man his type and he’ll sometimes produce a specification more detailed than the one he used to buy his car. Brunette. Petite. Brown eyes. A particular smile. He’s thought about this. He knows what he likes. Then a tall blonde walks into the room and the entire procurement process collapses.

Suddenly, the requirements are flexible. The height restriction was only advisory. The brunette preference was more of a historical observation. He’s always believed in keeping an open mind, actually. His friends, who have heard the same speech for twelve years, are delighted to learn this.

Having a type is perfectly normal. Expecting attraction to respect it is where things become ambitious.

Your Preferences Have Not Been Approved by a Committee

There’s something reassuring about knowing what catches your eye. It makes browsing easier and gives you a starting point. If you’ve always been drawn to smaller women, you’ll probably find yourself looking through our petite London escorts before you’ve consciously decided where to begin.

Nothing wrong with that. The trouble starts when a preference becomes a rule enforced with the seriousness of airport security. “She looks lovely, but she’s not my usual type.” Lovely seems a reasonably strong opening argument. Perhaps we could hear the rest of her case before dismissing the application?

Nobody is going to confiscate your membership of the Short Brunettes Appreciation Society because you briefly considered someone different. There isn’t even a membership card. We checked.

The Blonde Exception

Hair colour is particularly good at exposing the gaps in a man’s certainty. “I’ve always preferred dark hair,” he says, while opening his fourth blonde profile. Apparently, he’s conducting comparative research. Very thorough of him.

A look through our blonde London escorts quickly reveals the problem with treating hair colour as a complete description. A sharp bob and a dry sense of humour create a different impression from long waves and a bubbly introduction. The colour may have drawn your attention, but it tells you remarkably little about the person.

Besides, hair colour can change. Basing your entire romantic philosophy on something available in a bottle is a fragile strategy.

A Question of Height

Height preferences can become oddly elaborate. Some men have a firm upper limit, although it’s rarely clear whether they’re choosing a companion or checking clearance for an underground car park.

Then they see someone with long legs, lovely posture and an inviting smile, and discover that their upper limit has an appeals procedure.

If you usually browse smaller women, spending a little time with our tall London escorts might give you something new to think about. You may find a profile whose humour or interests appeal to you immediately. At that point, rejecting her over a few inches begins to feel like an administrative error.

And if you’re worried about being slightly shorter when she wears heels, remember that she can see how tall you are. There’s no need to announce it apologetically, as though you’ve arrived without an essential document.

Dark Hair, Wild Assumptions

Brunettes get their own collection of invented personality traits. Mysterious. Sophisticated. Sensible, sometimes, which seems a rather unfair responsibility to place on a hair follicle. A woman can have dark hair and an outrageous laugh. She can look composed in every photograph and turn out to be wonderfully silly. She might enjoy a serious conversation, terrible jokes or both within the same five minutes.

Browse our brunette London escorts and give their descriptions as much attention as their pictures. The small details often tell you more: a playful introduction, a shared interest, a particular way of expressing herself. You might find yourself interested for reasons your original checklist failed to anticipate.

This is inconvenient for the checklist. It will recover.

The Person Who Ruins Your Theory

Most people with a very definite type can remember at least one person who made a complete nonsense of it. She looked nothing like the women they usually noticed. Perhaps the attraction took them by surprise during a conversation. Perhaps she made them laugh at exactly the right moment. Perhaps she simply seemed comfortable in herself, and that made being around her feel easy.

These things are difficult to filter for. There’s no dropdown menu for “makes me forget to be self-conscious” or “will appreciate my appalling joke about the hotel lift”. You have to read a little, stay curious and accept that a photograph can only introduce someone.

At Babylon Girls, we see plenty of different looks and personalities. We also know that a client’s description of his ideal companion can evolve considerably once he starts browsing.

Keep the Preference. Allow the Surprise.

You don’t need to abandon what you like or book someone simply to prove you’re adventurous. A date shouldn’t feel like homework set by a particularly interfering friend.

Just allow yourself the occasional detour. Open the profile you’d usually skip. Read beyond the first photograph. If someone catches your interest, you don’t need to explain why she qualifies under subsection four of your established preferences. You’re allowed to fancy her!

And when your friends say, “I thought you only liked brunettes,” you can tell them your tastes have evolved. They’ll believe you. Eventually.