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6 Post author: GLaDOS 04 January 2014 05:34PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 05 January 2014 12:52:56AM *  1 point [-]

Signaling that you expect your mate to be frugal might not be a widely applicable strategy for attracting one, though…

Search this post for “Attractiveness: Mean and Variance”. (That's even more relevant for potential marriage partners than for casual sex. Also, what matters is not how many people are attracted to you, but how many people whom you're attracted to are attracted to you.)