Hey Brides-to-Be: Hope You’re Hotter Than Your Men!

Hmm…some of the post titles here at Mental Health Notes almost seem as if someone else has taken over this blog, haha. This is brain-related, I promise.

Anyway, ladies: If you’ve been keeping up with the Mental Health Notes Goin’ to the Chapel series to get some help reducing stress while you plan – and carry out – you’re wedding, then you may be interested in this little tidbit of news, too.

According to a study published in February’s issue of the Journal of Family Psychology (see, psychology is in here somewhere!), marriages do well if the woman is more attractive than the man.

I don’t have my hands on the actual study, but from the Yahoo! News article:

• “Overall, wives and husbands behaved more positively when the woman was better looking.”
• “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.’”

The Yahoo! News article itself, Why Beautiful Women Marry Less Attractive Men, is worth a read. I’d love to know what you think.

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