Do people actually care if a rich, beautiful girl dates a poor guy? Do people actually care if a 10/10 woman dates an “ugly” guy? People will see couples like that and say, “He’s out of her league.” Do people actually care about this? If Jessica Chastain, Angelina Jolie, or Alexandra Daddario dated a 25-year-old man (or woman) who works at a grocery store while attending college, would people actually care, judge, and look down on it? (Real people, not just keyboard people.)

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    A lot of people do as a way to judge a person’s rank in society. The attractiveness of a person’s spouse is a common metric for how successful someone is. So, if a highly attractive woman is slumming it with a man who appears to be well below her status, it is confusing for a lot of people.

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    Young and immature people. Once you realize what you need in your life to be happy, and what in another person compliments, it doesn’t matter whatsoever.

    Some vain or narcissistic people stuck in arrested development never figure that out. Usually divorced a number of times.

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    16 hours ago

    People online are actually “real” people as well (assuming they are not bots) so yeah, at least some subset care. Do I care personally? Not in the slightest.

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    There’s definitely people that care. Should people care? My opinion is no. I don’t care. Do what you want as long as everyone involved is of age and consenting.

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    No. At the very most someone might say it, but that’s about the end of it. Unless someone is jealous, I can’t see why anyone would hold it against either of them.

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    Real people are more worried about whether to clean the litter box now or later than about who’s dating whom.

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    Bunch of “idc” tossed around this thread but i feel like that is natural for anonymous thread pf anonymous people and the difficulty applying the question to real life.

    Yes, but not so much that I care about either person’s wellbeing or the quality of their character. Relationship characteristics are simply very telling information for how a person operates. It can put information upfront for all to see without the people really knowing it. Things like what they value, what they have patience for or lack, good insight as to their goals for life.

    And im not saying any of this comes from a pass on the sidewalk. The info that is valuable comes from listening to what the person has to say, either on social media or asking them how the family/life is going. So my opinion isnt about caring who fucks who but when it comes to co-workers, superiors, individuals you are paying to provide service (as in financial advisor, consultant, real estate agent, etc.) and anyone else who affects your wellbeing and are also close enough proxy to hear about who their dating - those are the people I observe.

    A person can tell you that they are lying by the movement of their pupil. So how they navigate thru dating and relationships can be an encylopedia of information if you want it to be.

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    I can only say how I would feel. I’m not sure about anyone else, but for me I’d just see them and say “lucky motherfucker…” Lol

    For me though I absolutely have this idea of a “league.” I’m the poor guy, the ugly guy, for myself the vast majority of women aren’t just out of my league, they’re playing a totally different game lol my 10 years on dating sites corroborates that theory.

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    It doesn’t work the other way, because women very rarely have any desire to exploit men for sex. There also isn’t an element of paternalism, where the man can be a controlling influence over a woman’s life and choices. I would just assume he’s nice to her, so they have fun together.