Men's and women's ideas of the perfect mate differ significantly due to evolutionary pressures, according to a cross-cultural study on multiple mate preferences by psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin. (sciencedaily.com)
In talking with happy couples, I have learned that in many instances, they did not match each other's idea of the perfect mate initially and weren't necessarily THAT attracted to each other. (pre-dating.com)
The study discovered that satisfaction was not reliably dependent on how a partner compared with a person's idea of the perfect mate, but rather whether others in the mating pool better matched a person's ideal preferences. (sciencedaily.com)