Hollywood dictates that for every nice looking woman, there is a nice looking man. They would end up together and live happily ever after. Is this also applicable in real life? Apparently no. A new study released by the University of Tennessee suggest a different view about love and marriages.

The research, published in the Journal of Family Psychology studied 82 newlywed couples about their satisfaction as husbands and wives. The result was surprising: when the husband is, let’s say, less handsome, the happier their relationship.

Professor Jim McNulty offers an explanation, “Men who were more attractive than their partner demonstrated a tendency to offer less emotional and practical support to their wives.”

“Attractive men have available to them more short-term mating opportunities. This may make them less satisfied and less committed to the marital relationship.”

Economics may play a role here as both the male and female get what they want from a relationship and equity is gained. In general, men focuses on looks than women do. On the other hand, women value stability, loyalty and emotional attachment from a relationship

“The truth is that less attractive people are more successful at building long-term relationships, and happier in their relationships, than attractive people,” psychotherapist Dr. Tina B. Tessina said. “Attractiveness implies an unusual degree of attention to hair, grooming, makeup, fitness, etc. which also implies a higher than average degree of narcissism. All of us have some degree of narcissistic tendencies, but as the degree of narcissism rises, the ability to empathize, connect, give and cooperate goes down. Thus, attractive people have great self-enhancement skills (as well as good genes for facial and body symmetry) but not such great intimacy, faithfulness and partnership skills. No matter what the study says, I think the attractive women in those relationships are probably not great to live with. The men are just willing to give more and be in a thankless relationship because they’ve got such a hot babe.”

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk