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haha, theory is so right - Langoor Ko Hi Angoor Milta hain Women seeking a lifelong mate might do well to choose the guy a notch below them in the looks category. New research reveals couples in which the wife is better looking than her husband are more positive and supportive than other match-ups. The reason, researchers suspect, is that men place great value on beauty ( offcourse, always ), whereas women are more interested in having a supportive husband. ( in other words ? ) Researchers admit that looks are subjective, but studies show there are some universal standards, including large eyes, "baby face" features, symmetric faces, so-called average faces, and specific waist-hip ratios in men versus women. Past research has shown that individuals with comparable stunning looks are attracted to each other and once they hook up they report greater relationship satisfaction. These studies, however, are mainly based on new couples, showing that absolute beauty is important in the earliest stages of couple-hood, said lead researcher James McNulty of the University of Tennessee. But the role of physical attractiveness in well-established partnerships, such as marriage, is somewhat of a mystery. The new study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, reveals looks continue to matter beyond that initial attraction, though in a different way. McNulty's team assessed 82 couples who had married within the previous six months and had been together for nearly three years prior to tying the knot. Researchers videotaped as each spouse discussed with their partner a personal problem for 10 minutes. The tapes were analyzed for whether partners were supportive of spouses' issues. "A negative husband would've said, 'This is your problem, you deal with it,'" McNulty said, "versus 'Hey, I'm here for you; what do you want me to do?; how can I help you?'" A group of trained "coders" rated the facial attractiveness of each spouse on a scale from 1 to 10, with the perfect 10 representing the ultimate babe. About a third of the couples had a more attractive wife, a third a more attractive husband and the remaining partners showed matching looks. Overall, wives and husbands behaved more positively when the woman was better looking. Dan Ariely, a professor of behavioural economics at MIT's Programme in Media Arts and Sciences and Sloan School of Management, said, "Men are very sensitive to women's attractiveness. Women seem to be sensitive to men's height and salary." In couples with more attractive husbands, both partners were less supportive of one another. McNulty suggests wives mirror, in some ways, the level of support they get from husbands. "The husband who's less physically attractive than his wife is getting something more than maybe he can expect to get," McNulty told LiveScience. "He's getting something better than he's providing at that level. So he's going to work hard to maintain that relationship." So it seems a mismatch in looks actually makes for a perfect match.

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Men who aren't good looking use other things like charm, humour etc to good effect. They know they aren't pretty and they aren't too bothered. Good looking guys are generally more vain. They also automatically assume when they see a good looking woman that she must be taken and hence no bother trying. Ugly men don't die wondering and don't see the harm in trying.

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I have to say that i am living testament to this particular hypothesis... both of my ex girl friends were cute, if not boderline gorgeous... whereas i am ugly as chewbaca's unwashed bum. Believe me, i am so ugly that little children look at me and start crying for the reasuring embrace of their mothers.

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Men who aren't good looking use other things like charm' date=' humour etc to good effect. They know they aren't pretty and they aren't too bothered. Good looking guys are generally more vain. They also automatically assume when they see a good looking woman that she must be taken and hence no bother trying. Ugly men don't die wondering and don't see the harm in trying.[/quote'] ..there was a show on Oprah, way back where these really good looking guys said it was really difficult for them to find women as they were too worried to be ditched I just saw it briefly, there were like 3 successful and good looking guys who said women are too worried to have an affair with them so there you go
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Men who aren't good looking use other things like charm' date=' humour, MONEYetc to good effect. They know they aren't pretty and they aren't too bothered. Good looking guys are generally more vain. They also automatically assume when they see a good looking woman that she must be taken and hence no bother trying. Ugly men don't die wondering and don't see the harm in trying TO BUY HER OFF.
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"Men are very sensitive to women's attractiveness. Women seem to be sensitive to men's height and salary."
In other words most men and women are superficial. Yep I can agree to that.
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She married him for love Now' date= she is on youtube spilling the beans out Over 1.25 million view

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YouTube is giving serious headache to sociologist world over. Every day there are dozens of instances where fellow classmates, peers, workers, relatives are being humilated. Some argue that it is not YouTube's fault but that of people with bent morals, then again how is it different from the whole Gun dont kill people, people kill people? xxx
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