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[–]cybitch 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

This is called the halo effect. It works for all situations in life, not just dating. People with better bone structure are granted a bunch of other positive traits based on it, whether there's a reason to or not. I'm guessing it's probably because when we evolved, before modern medicine, physical health could make or break you in a lot of ways. In modern days, medicine can compensate, so that now you don't need to be born with great health in order to do well by society, however our subconscious minds failed to keep up with the progress.

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Might want to reply that to Grateful as well. Sadly, unless they fixed this when I wasn't looking, your message to me won't notify the participants in the thread.