A person's expectations change as they age, it's a fact. In college, which girl or guy wouldn't want to go out with the hottest person on campus given the chance? Later in life, your priorities change. Looks become less important and you take into consideration other factors like financial security. Without going into too much detail all girls/women look for the same thing; someone that can take care of them. Gold Diggers look for wealthy men who "can take care of them". More grounded women look for stable men "who can take care of them". If you are a manic depressive kid stuck in a man's body, with a dead end job, you can forget about getting hitched.