Your Boyfriend Thinks You’re Purdy

In a study of 93 couples who had been together an average of 14 years, researchers found that both men and women rated their significant other as more attractive than the significant other rated him or herself. “Whereas women typically believe that men prefer a female shape thinner and larger busted than men actually prefer, men falsely assume that women prefer a heavier, more muscular and larger chested male physique than women actually want,” researchers at Groningen University in the Netherlands said in their report, published in Body Image. Isn’t it nice to know that your guy thinks you’re way hotter than you think you are? Because you are awfully fabulous, even when you’re having a bad outfit day. [Daily Mail, U.K.]