Maybe you're not looking for the right sort of women? I mean, I've seen pictures of cosplay and all that, there are hot female nerds out there.
No, what made him a bad choice was the fact this all started because he built a chair to trap his mother in that was inescapable and unbreakable. See, I was promised to the one who could bring the second brother, let's call him Hephy, to his parents so he could fix it and free Hera. Now the one I was into, Ares, he's very stubborn and wants me like you wouldn't believe so he goes off to get his brother and fails. Now this other guy goes to talk to Hephy, says he can have me and probably escape punishment if he goes to his parents willingly. So he does and just like that, boom, married to a guy who has a history of locking up women when he gets annoyed.