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comment by am_Unition
am_Unition  ·  3779 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is It Time To Lower Your Standards?

    and yet, it's well known that most people have a tendency to marry either up or across in socio-economic terms, rarely down.

The way you've phrased it is kinda funny, like when someone marries up, the other person isn't marrying down.

But I know what you mean, and I'll even link to a writeup for you.





user-inactivated  ·  3779 days ago  ·  link  ·  

In socio-economic terms, a good looking woman is more highly sought after than an ugly woman.

When you look strictly at the economic portion of that equation, the value a partner brings to the table starts to look weird. The term 'boy toy' and 'trophy wife' didn't come about by accident.