“It’s a somewhat crude analogy but an important reminder: if you are a high-value person, you shouldn’t be clawing for each person like you are drowning and they are a piece of floating furniture.”

What if you’re not a “high value person”, at least in the dating market? Single guys who are high value probably aren’t reading this article because they’re not desperate. They are messaging a woman or on a date, and maybe some high value married guys are doing the same. If you are telling yourself that you are quite the valuable catch for females even though they seem to keep passing you by, you are just like Pepé. If you can admit to yourself that you are what you are and what you are isn’t Ryan Gosling, it might be time to set your sights a bit lower, or find a hobby.