Back on topic...ish!
I remember when I was young(er) us guys used to go out on the pull in pairs just to counteract this very problem. Being a nondescript short-arse at the time, it was always ME who ended up with the fat ugly mate...until I had a brainwave!
We 'rediscovered' the age-old lads night out game of "grab-a-grot", where we all put a quid in the kitty (a Pound was a lot of pennies in them days!
) and the guy who ended up with the ugliest bird at the end of the night won the kitty.....
I played to lose, it cost me a £1.00 but it was worth it!
PS...27 is DEFINATELY not old......(yet!)