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Eyes are often considered attractive, raising the question of whether their beauty diminishes over time like other physical traits. There is no research indicating that marriages last longer among couples with culturally deemed beautiful eyes. The attraction to eyes may stem from evolutionary factors, as healthy eyes can signal overall health and good vision, which were crucial for successful child-rearing in ancient times. This preference for attractive eyes may be an inherited trait linked to survival and reproductive success. Overall, the discussion highlights the complex interplay between physical attributes and evolutionary psychology in human relationships.
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People are often attracted to eyes; however, do eyes diminish in beauty over time, like other physical attributes? If not, do marriages last longer among couples who both have, according to culture, beautiful eyes?
 
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I do not know of any research about marriages holding longer when the couple has nicer eyes.

But I guess the reason for this is our evolutionary history. Firstly many diseases will have some visible effect on the eyes, so nice eyes signal health. Secondly vision is an incredibly important sense for humans so a partner with good sight gave much higher chances of raising children than one with bad sight (I mean in evolutionary history long ago, not nowadays). Therefore we may all have inherited a preference for anything that signals good sight, which is probably what we nowadays call "beautiful eyes".
 

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