To me, a standard is a cutoff level - if you don't meet the cutoff I will not date you. No ifs, ands, or buts - I will not date you. Thus a standard is very clear, easy to identify, and the test is black or white (no grey area). For example I have a no smoking standard. If you smoke (even occasionally) I will not date you. You either smoke or you don't. It is very clear to everyone whether they meet my standard or not. I have other standards as well - no drug users, minimum of 3 limbs (any combination of arms or legs), must be female, must be human, must be single, etc. Of course I have a lot more standards than that. Note how that is a mix of personality and looks. But each of them is very clear - you qualify or you don't.
To me, morals are the way you live your life. Morals are never black or white - they always include the grey area. There is an infinite amount of possible morals ranging from truely evil to angelic. I don't want to turn this into a religious thread, so how about an example moral about breaking laws. To some people laws are there to be challenged - whether for pure greed or for an attempt to make the world more just in their minds. Other people have an obsessison to obey every law ever made. But nearly everyone is somewhere in between. Some will break stealing laws. Others find stealing wrong but will break speeding laws. Others find stealing and speeding wrong but are willing to shower with their spouse in California (against the law by the way). Everyone has an idea of which laws they are willing to break - and which laws they will obey if at all possible. Your morals is the set of all choices you would make in all situations. It is very difficult for someone to judge anothers morals without spending a lot of time with the person (even you might not know your own morals).
Now back you your question yayo. Your guy friends have standards that seem to be very focussed on looks. However, they also have a standard that they will only date people with morals "close" to themselves. That is not a contradiction. Anything can be your standard - personality, looks, morals, etc.
Now about your observation, "I can tell you, for sure I've read more than once on this here board about you guys contradicting what you want with what you think would be right or acceptable in a relationship sense." I think that everyone wants things but knows that they cannot have all of their wants. I want all the money in the world. But I know it would not be right or acceptable to have it all (think of the chaos that would cause if I suddenly owned everything). I want a wife that cooks, cleans, etc. but I realize that it would not be right or acceptable if I didn't do half of the housework (By the way, I'm married and I do ~60% of the housework in addition to my normal job). I want to laze around all day playing computer games, but I realize that it wouldn't be right or acceptable to do that (no income and it would be neglecting my wife). So everyone has unrealistic wants. That isn't a contradiction. The only problem occurs if you attempt to achieve your unrealistic wants.
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