I would expand that. Those who are obsessed with traits other than the person themselves (appearance, income, status, etc) will fare poorly in the long run. Men or women who marry for the looks or the money will become disillusioned eventually, because looks rarely last, and it is a given that money might not either.
Very true. It’s just a greater certainty that looks will fade. If you start out rich, it’s easier to die rich than it is to die good looking.
Unfortunately, it’s hindsight thing. A man in his 20’s can’t really grasp that he’ll die one day, although he knows he will intellectually. He can’t really grasp that his wife will in all likelihood lose her looks, even though he might know it intellectually. Or, he might just be fooled into thinking that his wife will keep her looks like Michelle Pfeifer even though his chances of winning the lottery are just as good. That’s the bane of being young. The future seems so far away, until you get there.