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The relationship world really does work in economic terms It's every man/woman for hisself/herself, trying to get the best product to show off as a trophy, to conform to social pressures of being attached, to take care of their sexual needs, to provide a personal sense of validation, or to provide some other type of utility. People have market values and they try to sell when their market value is at its highest. That's why women try to get attached when they're in their prime years of looks, the young adult years, and why men in those years who are moving up the income ladder want to wait and see what caliber of women they can score in the future. Tall men have higher market values than short men, period. People make upgrades when they have the opportunity to. People settle when they have to. Typically, people will try to justify their shortcomings by pretending like they didn't settle, like the person they ended up with was their first choice.
I know it sounds shallow to think in terms of market values and upgrades and the like, but that's really the way that things work. People are not drawn to each other because of love, but for a variety of social and psychological reasons. It's plain to see that the relationship world is just a sexual economy. Look around.
Um, no. You can accept that if you want to - but I refuse to accept something as a "fact" when it is clearly not a fact and just made up by some kid on the internet.
Maybe some people will live this way, But surely not everyone. You wrote this thread like a "boiler room" operations manual. And no, I am not referring to a room that stores boilers for heating.
The relationship world really does work in economic terms It's every man/woman for hisself/herself, trying to get the best product to show off as a trophy, to conform to social pressures of being attached, to take care of their sexual needs, to provide a personal sense of validation, or to provide some other type of utility. People have market values and they try to sell when their market value is at its highest. That's why women try to get attached when they're in their prime years of looks, the young adult years, and why men in those years who are moving up the income ladder want to wait and see what caliber of women they can score in the future. Tall men have higher market values than short men, period. People make upgrades when they have the opportunity to. People settle when they have to. Typically, people will try to justify their shortcomings by pretending like they didn't settle, like the person they ended up with was their first choice.
I know it sounds shallow to think in terms of market values and upgrades and the like, but that's really the way that things work. People are not drawn to each other because of love, but for a variety of social and psychological reasons. It's plain to see that the relationship world is just a sexual economy. Look around.
You want us to accept your world view when clearly you don't accept your world view. If you truly, truly, truly believed you had the answer to human relationships and could explain it on Economic terms, which I don't believe you personally have the ability to, then why not do something advantageous with it? For example, since clearly you are PhD in Economics then why don't you publish an article? Or if you can't get published by an accredited journal do what everyone else who can't get published do and write a book? Or even better yet, why don't you use your "masterful," knowledge of the dating world and get a date?
Have you ever taken an IQ test? I would say your IQ is between 100-110, well within average.
You want us to accept your world view when clearly you don't accept your world view. If you truly, truly, truly believed you had the answer to human relationships and could explain it on Economic terms, which I don't believe you personally have the ability to, then why not do something advantageous with it? For example, since clearly you are PhD in Economics then why don't you publish an article? Or if you can't get published by an accredited journal do what everyone else who can't get published do and write a book? Or even better yet, why don't you use your "masterful," knowledge of the dating world and get a date?
Have you ever taken an IQ test? I would say your IQ is between 100-110, well within average.
I wasn't trying to espouse some new theory here. I'm just stating what we all know is true and trying to get people to accept the truth.
I sometimes wonder is if single men in their 40's who want to fall in love exist.
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