This couple does not match up!!
As I have gotten older, I have noticed more and more mis-matched couples in real life and in the media (especially situation comedies). And by mis-matched, I obviously mean that one person is hot and the other is, well, not.
There is a famous psychology study where researchers took pictures of (opposite sex) couples and cut them in half, then shuffled the stacks of men and women and asked the study participants to match up the couples. Overwhelmingly, the participants were successful in this task. The moral of the story (or rather, study) is that people almost always date people who are similar in attractiveness. You can't fight evolutionary principles, even in the name of love.
The only exceptions to this rule: some lesbian couples and situations where the less attractive person is really rich (read: the fat, balding lawyer). Oh, and Christina Aguilera apparently.
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my advisor for my research project is actually pretty famous in the area of mate search and attraction, all from the perspective of evolutionary psychology. his research was even written up (badly) in a blurb in cosmo or something like that. anyway, his name is peter todd, if you're at all interested in reading more on the subject.
also, i should note....
one of the things that really frustrates me about the research on evolution and mate search is that NO ONE is doing any research into non-heterosexuality. just wanted to point that out, as it's something that will likely frustrate you if you look into this at all.
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