This doesn't work in the event higher quality participants are pairing off earlier (i.e., attractive partners get committed earlier in their lives) or in the ev

This doesn't work in the event higher quality participants are pairing off earlier (i.e., attractive partners get committed earlier in their lives) or in the event attractiveness isn't life static. The Secretary Problem provides a lot of great insight, but you need to be very careful applying stylized stories to real problems.