Pride and Prejudice 2005

Recently, at a dinner with Christian friends, a comment was made: 'easy to get, easy to lose', 'hard to get, hard to lose' (in the realm of people's relationships). It was more of a joke but the discussion turned to whether it was ok for someone to be keen for a long time on someone else, basically saying that the time and effort was worth it because the person was special. There was a bit of discussion about the merit of this and during the discussion one person said "But what if she is out of his league?, even if he got her, he would be forever trying not to lose her."
This is the comment that I would like to comment on in this post.

The book 'Pride and Prejudice' is set in a time and place where people's social class divided them. You had a place in society basically based on your parent's wealth and you were to choose someone to marry from amongst your 'equals'. The people richer than you were considered your 'betters'. If a rich man asked a poorer woman to marry him it was a very strange thing indeed.
The main character, Lizzy, flies in the face of convention when the richest man in town, Mr Darcy proposes to her and she rejects him. The trouble of course is that in his pride he thinks of Lizzy as less than him, and of course would marry him because he was 'better' than her.
Today, it's not like days of yore. People are so rich (comparatively) that someones status is not often taken into account. However, there still seems to be some kind of 'class system' in our world, and sometimes more unfortunately, our Christian circles. Obviously the lines are not as clear cut as they used to be, but they are still there, just taking different forms. Things like confidence and good looks have taken over from wealth and status. People are still seeking security, it is just in different ways.
What are you saying when you say "they are out of so-and-so's league"? I take it that you are saying that one person is not good enough for the other. Just as someone in Lizzy's day could have said the same thing, but had different reasons in mind, the overall idea is the same.
Frankly I think this is a crap way to think about your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. It is clear from what the bible says that all Christians are equal in God's eyes and we should see people as God sees them. If you as the like-er, feel like the like-ee is out of your league, you are just as wrong as the like-ee saying that they are out of the like-er's league. You are equal in Christ and no person is better than another.
If you arent interested in someone of the opposite sex for whatever reason, fair enough, nothing wrong with that, but to walk around saying stuff like 'I am out of their league' promotes an unhealthy way of thinking that just isnt Christ-like.