A study on relationships that doesn't acknowledge a data point of "I'm aging, lonely, and desperate, therefore this person is perfect for me" is likely flawed.

A study on relationships that doesn't acknowledge a data point of "I'm aging, lonely, and desperate, therefore this person is perfect for me" is likely flawed. This should be the first law of relationship studies, i.e. this categorization must exist on account of being a large, uncomfortable yet prevalent truth.