# To be happy for the rest of your life, never make a pretty woman your wife. True? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 22, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826 "2005-09-22T03:08:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/21 "2005-09-22T14:21:55Z")
Fat women make better lovers. and casseroles, too. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/22 "2005-09-22T14:24:40Z")
I like a woman of size. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/23 "2005-09-22T14:28:47Z")
Some pretty women become victims of their beauty. They get lots of attention for it, sometimes to the exclusion of attention for any other positive attributes. They get lots of perks. They don’t develop certain life-enhancing skills because they get what they need as a result of their looks. They can get to a point where they don’t have much to offer besides their looks. Not all, though. My wife is pretty, and I truly expect a lifetime of happiness with her. She’s smart, capable, moral, and she can cook. I didn’t marry her because she was pretty, but it didn’t hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/24 "2005-09-22T14:43:32Z")
Ugly wimmen are least likely to be kidnapped. So, you got that going for you financially speaking. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/25 "2005-09-22T15:04:09Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Fat women make better lovers. and casseroles, too. In my experience the correlation is so weak as to be completely unreliable. As to the other, if I want a really good casserole, I’ll make one. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/26 "2005-09-22T15:16:20Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Ugly wimmen are least likely to be kidnapped. You gotta be kidding! Olive Oyl get kidnapped twice a week! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/27 "2005-09-22T19:22:28Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > It’s not the entire song. Did you get warned for posting a snippet? No, but I’m warning you, don’t make no snippet your wife! Remember that Bobbett guy? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/28 "2005-09-22T19:58:10Z")
If you want to be happy for the rest of your life never let an insecure man make you his wife ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/29 "2005-09-22T20:04:31Z")
Just checking in to say my wife is beautiful and I see a long healthy life with her. 🙂 Thats about as much mush as I’ll dish at this time. Don;t tempt me for more. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/30 "2005-09-22T20:07:03Z")
All I have to offer are antedotes and generalizations. But that is all anyone can offer on this subject. However, in general, attractive women may have some problems with the endless attention they get. It may cause them to do things like test or manipulate men and/or feel they can do better. I would assume guys trying to sleep with you all the time and guys fawning over you will leave its mark on a person’s mind sooner or later, esp. considering how superifical and obsessed with romance/dating this culture is. I don’t think the generalization is true across the board, but I’m not willing to discount it totally, generalizations tend to be based on something. Many of the attractive women I’ve met had mental problems after I got to know them. Either anxiety or they tested men (in the sense that they were always trying to get them to do things for them or they responded positively to being ignored or treated bad) or they were just plain bipolar. Of course not all women are like that but in my limited, personal experience the attractive women were more likely to be that way than the plain women. I remember what one guy who married an extremely attractive woman with a really bad personality told me “Go for the more plain women, their personalities are better and they respond better to affection, they don’t take it for granted”. Something like that. Of course these are all generalization and I’m sure tons of attractive women will post on this thread and get angry. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/31 "2005-09-22T20:09:33Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > You gotta be kidding! Olive Oyl get kidnapped twice a week! It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/32 "2005-09-22T20:36:10Z")
To bring some biology to bear, [this book](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0716740044/ref=cm_bg_d_10/104-1584986-5875936?v=glance) discusses a study which found that, in a particular species of bird, males who had traits that females found attractive were “bad parents;” compared to other males, they generally spent more time seeking (and having) sex with females other than their mate, and less time helping their mate take care of their offspring. Similarly, “unattractive” males spent less time fooling around and more time with the kids. The researchers reason that attractive males can spread their genes more easily by having sex with lots of females, while unattractive males, who are less successful in courting females, are better off taking care of the kids they already have. Caveat: female and male mating strategies are quite different, birds are not humans, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Golden\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/258eb7/32.png) [@Golden\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Golden_Goose)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/33 "2005-09-22T20:42:52Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Do pretty women make less desirable wives over the long haul than plainer women? You are a very insecure man. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/34 "2005-09-22T21:59:39Z")
> [@Golden\_Goose](#): > > You are a very insecure man. Well, that advanced the discussion no end. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/35 "2005-09-22T22:02:19Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Do pretty women make less desirable wives over the long haul than plainer women? To be happy all of your life, never sing that song at a wedding. _Any_ wedding. Except possibly one involving only gay men. If you don’t believe, ask my cousin Roscoe, the eunuch. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/36 "2005-09-22T22:14:54Z")
> [@Fabulous Creature](#): > > To be happy all of your life, never sing that song at a wedding. _Any_ wedding. Except possibly one involving only gay men. If you don’t believe, ask my cousin Roscoe, the eunuch. “Roscoe” sounds like he has a story to tell. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/37 "2005-09-22T22:36:38Z")
> [@astro](#): > > “Roscoe” sounds like he has a story to tell. In a very high-pitched voice, as my sister has his balls now. They’re bronzed now, and I believe she plays bocce with them. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/38 "2005-09-22T22:38:11Z")
\ No matter how pretty she starts out, no woman stays pretty forever. It’s a silly saying, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/39 "2005-09-22T22:44:54Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > \ > > No matter how pretty she starts out, no woman stays pretty forever. It’s a silly saying, IMHO. [superficial jerk] [Sigourney Weaver](http://www.siggyweaver.com/photos/poses/esquire/esquire01a.jpg) [Diane Cannon](http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/celebs/cannon_dyan/dyan_nbc.jpg) [Audrey Hepburn](http://www.audrey1.com/unicef/unicef.jpg) [/superficial jerk] Of course, there’s no evidence any of them is fully human. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826/40 "2005-09-23T02:33:05Z")
> [@TokyoPlayer](#): > > So how do you “make” a woman your wife? I dunno about the wife part, but for making a woman, I think the Weird Science approach is best. 😃 Seriously, though… speaking as a guy married to a _very_ attractive woman, I’m a data point in opposition to the thesis advanced in the OP. Or to put it another way… > [@astro](#): > > Do pretty women make less desirable wives over the long haul than plainer women? Not for me, bubba. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-never-make-a-pretty-woman-your-wife-true/322826.md?page=3)