Monogamy is the great casualty of beauty

[Windycity]

I heard this quote a couple of days ago and would really like to know what it means. Can anybody explain?

 

[yjeezle]

it means pretty people sleep around i think

 

[Davidko19]

 

[csoukoulis]

if you have the chance to bang a hot girl, you will cheat on your s/o?

 

[willpower]

Once you're in a monogamous relationship, people let themselves go. From fit to fat, from skirts to sweats, from shaving to stubble, from flushing to floaters - it all drifts towards ugliness.

 

[pstoller]

Originally Posted by willpower

Once you're in a monogamous relationship, people let themselves go.

That would be, "Beauty is the great casualty of monogamy."

 

[ImaPro]

Originally Posted by pstoller

That would be, "Beauty is the great casualty of monogamy."

Not exactly, doesnt it mean that monogamy makes beauty its victim or casualty? I dk im on zombie mode lol

 

[Pantisocrat]

Beauty injures monogamy. In this sense, one can interpret beauty to be an abstract stage where monogamy is a mere participant. Beauty could be youth, exceptional attraction, or overflowing breasts. These things tend to destroy monogamous relationships. Similarly, one can say divorce is a companion of beauty.

 

[Don Carlos]

Originally Posted by ImaPro

Not exactly, doesnt it mean that monogamy makes beauty its victim or casualty? I dk im on zombie mode lol

No. The "casualty" is the object. The acted-upon. So if you were making the statement "People in committed relationships let themselves go," you would say that "beauty is the casualty of monogamy" and not the other way around.

 

[acidboy]

ask that guy who let a girl spend a sexless night in his place while he's in a relationship