An Australian man has been slammed after admitting he is embarrassed by his girlfriend's appearance yet wants to keep sleeping with her while searching for someone more attractive.

The man, who has been seeing the woman for six months, confessed he enjoyed almost everything about their relationship, including their sexual chemistry, compatibility and the fact she caused him 'very little drama'.

His confession was shared on the Life Uncut podcast by hosts Laura Byrne and Brittany Hockley, who were left furious by the way he spoke about a woman who seemingly believed their relationship was becoming serious.

'I've been seeing this girl as a friend with benefits for about six months, but it's getting more serious,' the anonymous man wrote in a question originally submitted to the podcast's Facebook group.

'We spend whole weeks together and we're about to meet each other's families. She's a great chick, we're extremely compatible in bed, she gives me very little drama and we click.

'The issue is she's not as attractive as I like, and I'm a little embarrassed by it.'

He claimed he couldn't give the woman the relationship she wanted because he wasn't attracted to her in the same way she was to him.

But rather than simply ending things, he wondered whether he should continue enjoying the benefits of their arrangement while looking for a better option.

'Do I tell her this and break her heart? Do I make up another reason to break up with her? Do I keep her discreet forever?' he asked.

'I do want to find a lady more suited to me - do I keep nailing her in the background while I "try others out"?'

The question was never published in the Facebook group, and the man is no longer a member.

However, Laura and Brittany decided to address it on their podcast, delivering one of their strongest responses to a listener's relationship dilemma.

Laura made her feelings clear almost immediately, calling the man an 'absolute flog'.

'Who the f**k do you think you are?' she asked. 

Laura acknowledged that physical attraction was an important part of relationships and that nobody should feel obligated to date someone they weren't attracted to.

But she questioned why he had spent six months building an increasingly intimate relationship with a woman he was supposedly embarrassed to be seen with.

'If you're not attracted to her, that's okay. You don't have to be attracted to someone,' Laura said.

'But if you weren't attracted from the get-go and you didn't think that you could build that attraction with someone, then you don't lead someone down the garden path.'

She was particularly frustrated by the amount of time the pair had spent together and the suggestion they were about to meet each other's families.

'You don't invest six months of their time with you and spend a week with them, introduce them to your family, you meet their family, only to turn around and say, "I'm embarrassed by the way that they look". How dare you?' she said.

Brittany was equally appalled, particularly by the man's suggestion that he could continue sleeping with the woman while exploring other romantic options.

'Do I keep nailing her in the background while I try others out - like we're a car that you want to buy?' she asked.

She also challenged his insistence that he wasn't attracted to the woman, pointing out that he had described their sex life as extremely compatible.

'You've said she's a great chick. We're very compatible in bed. She gives me little drama,' Brittany said.

'All right, mate. Like we're women on this planet to make sure that you have a good drama-free life.'

She said she felt particularly sorry for the woman, who had no idea how her partner was discussing her appearance behind her back.

The man's confession touches on a familiar frustration in modern dating: the feeling that committing to one person means potentially missing out on someone better.

Dating apps have made it possible to browse hundreds of potential partners in a relatively short period, creating the impression that another match is always just a swipe away.

For some singles, that abundance of choice can make settling into a relationship more difficult, particularly when they're comparing a real person, complete with imperfections, against an imagined ideal partner.

It's a mindset sometimes described as the 'grass is greener' mentality, where someone struggles to appreciate a promising relationship because they're preoccupied with what else might be available.

And physical appearance can become an especially complicated part of that equation.

While attraction matters, it doesn't always develop immediately or remain fixed. Someone who initially seems unremarkable can become more attractive through humour, affection, shared experiences and emotional intimacy.

The difficulty arises when one person continues accepting the emotional and physical benefits of a relationship despite knowing they have no intention of offering the commitment the other person wants.

In this case, the man appeared to be weighing up the comfort of his current arrangement against the possibility of finding someone he considered more attractive.

His admission that he felt 'embarrassed' by the woman's appearance also suggested he was concerned with how the relationship might be perceived by other people.

But Laura argued the woman deserved to be with someone who was proud to be with her.

'She deserves better than someone who isn't choosing her because he's embarrassed by the way that she looks,' she said.

Despite their anger, Laura and Brittany agreed the man shouldn't tell the woman he found her unattractive.

Laura said being honest about his inability to commit was important but there was no reason to deliver a cruel assessment of her appearance that could damage her confidence.

'Just because you feel a certain way doesn't make that the truth,' she said.

'All that's going to do is destroy her self-confidence and destroy the way that she looks at herself.'

Instead, she suggested he should explain that he couldn't give her the relationship she wanted and end things.

Brittany agreed that a breakup was the only reasonable option, but urged the man to reconsider what he was actually looking for in a partner.

'I would be taking a very long, close look in the mirror and really thinking about what you want.'

She questioned whether he would ever feel satisfied in a relationship if he continued judging potential partners primarily by their appearance.

And while the man appeared convinced he could find someone better looking, Brittany reminded him that attraction was subjective.

'To somebody else, she's going to be an absolute queen and someone's going to be so lucky to have that woman because they can see a person as a whole package,' she said.

The dilemma raises a question many singles have encountered in less extreme circumstances: how long should someone continue dating a person they like but aren't entirely sure about?

There's nothing inherently wrong with taking time to work out whether attraction or romantic feelings will grow.

But when one person is already imagining a future together and the other is privately planning to keep their options open, the difference in expectations can become far more hurtful than simply admitting the relationship isn't right.

And as Laura and Brittany made clear, finding someone who ticks every box on paper means little if you're unwilling to treat them with respect.