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See, what would probably happen is she would initiate a confrontation with someone till it escalated to this point of your question. At that point I would probably side with the shooter.
I don't know that "being in love" has much to do with it.
From an evolutionary standpoint, the only self-sacrifice that makes a lot of sense is one that involves a parental, genetic bond. In theory, if somebody's going to instinctually put themselves between a bullet (or other life-threatening danger) and somebody else, it would be most likely to occur if the somebody else is offspring and capable of continuing on the genetic code.
Have you ever had a gun or other blunt weapon aimed at you?
No. Which is why I said that I didn't know for sure what I would do and I hope to never find out. I'm only working with half the equation - as are you. I don't know what I'd do because I've never been in that kind of danger. You don't know what you'd do because you've never been in love.
I don't know that "being in love" has much to do with it.
From an evolutionary standpoint, the only self-sacrifice that makes a lot of sense is one that involves a parental, genetic bond. In theory, if somebody's going to instinctually put themselves between a bullet (or other life-threatening danger) and somebody else, it would be most likely to occur if the somebody else is offspring and capable of continuing on the genetic code.
The question is about taking a bullet for your spouse or s/o. If you've never experienced that kind of love - it's easy to say that you don't love anyone that much. And maybe you are right and that our innate self preservation would kick in regardless of how much you love someone - but I think the only people that can answer this question for sure are those that have been in that kind of danger with someone that they love.
I'm saying that response to lifethreatening situations is almost entirely instinctual. This is pretty exhaustively studied.
We can all say what we'd like to think we'd do, but reality is that, barring special training that teaches people to react in a way that's counter to strong innate responses, behavioral responses to danger really are awfully instinctual and universal. Organisms tend to be wired to protect offspring, if they're wired at all to override the self-preservation instinct in any instances.
Depends on the situation
For all I know my wife has been a serial killer on the run for the past 13 years and it came to the day where it all caught up to her and has deserves it.
Now if you are asking "in general" would I die for my SO?
Probably.
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