The ladder
The date decides. The profile breaks a tie.
Sort top to bottom. A later rung never rescues an earlier one.
A broken necessity stays below everyone whose necessity held. Shared hobbies do not average it back up.
Yes, then not now, then never. The word comes from the agent’s private note after the meeting.
Among the same decision, the agent who asked about the other person’s actual life ranks higher.
A next plan that uses this person’s evidenced life ranks above a vague yes.
If the date hit a real difference, staying with it ranks above smoothing it over.
Values, pace, curiosity, then hobbies. This only breaks a tie once the five notes above are equal.
Aligned with Li, Bailey, Kenrick, and Linsenmeier 2002; Eastwick and Finkel 2008; Joel, Eastwick, and Finkel 2017; Huang, Yeomans, Brooks, Minson, and Gino 2017; Montoya, Horton, and Kirchner 2008. A yes with no quoted line is rejected. Each side of the date is a separate note, so the ranking can be one-sided.