Women should marry a man who is uglier than them if they want a happy marriage, according to new research.
Psychologists found that men who were better looking than their wives were more likely to be unhappy dealing with married life.
But guys with prettier partners tended to be more content, said the University of Tennessee.
They rated 82 newlywed couples on their looks then got them to talk about their problems.
Study leader Professor Jim McNulty said: "Men who were more attractive than their partner had a tendency to offer less emotional and practical support to their wives.
"But men who were less attractive than their wives demonstrated a tendency to be more likely to offer support.
"Evolutionary perspectives can help explain why men's attractiveness appeared to be more detrimental than beneficial to marriage.
"Attractive men have available to them more short-term mating opportunities. This may make them less satisfied and less committed to the marital relationship."
He said women are less choosy about what their men look like, as long as they are able to help them reproduce.
If that last line doesn't describe us perfectly I don't know what does.
Thursday, April 03, 2008
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