We've all heard it before: "He's out of my league." But is there really such a thing as a guy who's just too attractive for you? According to Jezebel, trying to rate yourself on a conventional 1-10 scale of attractiveness - and thinking that you can only date people whose numbers match up with yours - is a fallacy that's doing you more harm than good.

First of all, it's important to recognize that there's no universal scale of attractiveness. Does a big nose make a gal ugly? Not necessarily - what about Barbara Streisand and Sarah Jessica Parker? Is a bald guy less attractive than one with a full head of hair? Bruce Willis and Jason Statham fans would probably disagree. And if you've ever had a discussion with your girlfriends about the stars you find hot and those you wouldn't date for a million bucks - or passed a cover of Maxim with a bikini model you find eye-searing unattractive - you certainly know that everyone has different opinions about just who the biggest hunks and beauties are.

What's more is that the movies weren't necessarily lying to us when they showed dorky gals getting the guy or goofy dudes getting it on with hot chicks. People date outside their "leagues" all the time - you just have to find the confidence to approach the people you find attractive, whether or not everyone else agrees with you.

Jezebel's Anna North writes, "[N]o matter what you look like, the solution to romantic problems isn't to break humanity down into leagues you're either in or out of. Instead, we all have to recognize that we can't really predict who will be into us - and this is part of the fun."

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