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Post by My email doesn't work anymore on Aug 13, 2004 8:57:08 GMT -5
I remember my bio teachers theory of chrushes from last year. According to him the reason we form crushes on otherpeople depending on their personal traits. This is pretty ocvious already but it's a little more complicated than that.
Seeing the humans a still creatures of habit it is our nature to 'mate'. We get crushes on people we see good traits that we'd want to see in our young. that's why we tend to go for people who are generally better looking because that tells us they are healthy and well groomed.
I guess this makes sense to me. I never thought that deep in bioc lass...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2004 9:39:15 GMT -5
Pheromones also have something to do with it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2004 10:37:54 GMT -5
I also heard that girls tend to go for guys who smell like their dads, and guys go for girls who remind them of their moms.
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Post by Stal on Aug 13, 2004 10:57:41 GMT -5
Yeah and according to Sigmund Freud...
never mind, I won't go there.
A lot of this is mostly theory based off of things such as evolution (other theories include we don't have free will, it's but an illusion) and psychology...another profession which bases a lot of their findings off of evolutionary theory.
In other words, I don't put much stock in it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2004 11:05:40 GMT -5
I also heard that girls tend to go for guys who smell like their dads, and guys go for girls who remind them of their moms. Woah...that's kind of sick, if you ask me. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2004 11:19:59 GMT -5
Woah...that's kind of sick, if you ask me. Hey, I'm just saying what I read, dude! |
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Post by Stal on Aug 13, 2004 12:05:21 GMT -5
Hey, I'm just saying what I read, dude! She's right. She's saying a dumbed down version of what Freud said. Hehe. In my opinion Freud was a man of many problems that does not apply to everyone else. WE DO NOT ALL HAVE OEDIPIDUS COMPLEXES. *shudder* |
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Post by Buddy on Aug 13, 2004 12:08:18 GMT -5
I also heard that girls tend to go for guys who smell like their dads, and guys go for girls who remind them of their moms. I've heard the same thing. And to me, it makes perfect sense. |
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Post by Retired Blub on Aug 13, 2004 12:14:58 GMT -5
I've heard the same thing. And to me, it makes perfect sense. Agreed.  |
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Post by My email doesn't work anymore on Aug 13, 2004 12:40:36 GMT -5
Any of it could be true. It all makes sense. We're all such animals.
*climbs a tree and hangs from her legs*
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Post by Princess Ember Mononoke on Aug 13, 2004 14:13:33 GMT -5
I've heard the same thing. And to me, it makes perfect sense. *points to self* I saw a picture of my dad at a hischool dance, and he looked a LOT like Gavin back then. *shiver* Creepy creepy. |
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Post by Torey on Aug 13, 2004 15:09:48 GMT -5
I also heard that girls tend to go for guys who smell like their dads, and guys go for girls who remind them of their moms. I disagree with you there. I would never get a crush on a boy if he smelled like my dad. No offence to my dad or anything but he tends to smell nasty because of the work he does. He gets sweaty a lot and it's just the kind of smell I associate with him now. And for girls, well, I definitely don't go by smells. If a girl is wearing nice perfume then it's nice, but generally, I just go by looks and personality for both boys and girls. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2004 15:35:32 GMT -5
Hey, I'm just saying what I read, dude! I know, I wasn't calling you sick. Just the theory. |
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Post by Buddy on Aug 13, 2004 15:59:09 GMT -5
I disagree with you there. I would never get a crush on a boy if he smelled like my dad. No offence to my dad or anything but he tends to smell nasty because of the work he does. He gets sweaty a lot and it's just the kind of smell I associate with him now. And for girls, well, I definitely don't go by smells. If a girl is wearing nice perfume then it's nice, but generally, I just go by looks and personality for both boys and girls. I think it's more subconscious than that. Like, if you're mother is really smart and outgoing, you're more likely to be attracted to someone smart and outgoing. If you're mother is silent and shy, then you're more likely to be attracted to someone silent and shy. I would guess it has something to do with you're mother (or for the girls, father) being the first real woman (or man) you knew, since they're probably the ones you spent the most time with as a child. I guess that since, for me, my mother was the first woman I ever knew, she would be, subconsciously, my idea of how a woman "should be" - of the "perfect woman". Ummm.... or something like that. I don't really know a lot about it - I'm just kind of forming my own theories based on... well, nothing, really. Man, I wish I could explain it better.... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2004 16:02:42 GMT -5
I think it's more subconscious than that. Like, if you're mother is really smart and outgoing, you're more likely to be attracted to someone smart and outgoing. If you're mother is silent and shy, then you're more likely to be attracted to someone silent and shy. I would guess it has something to do with you're mother (or for the girls, father) being the first real woman (or man) you knew, since they're probably the ones you spent the most time with as a child. I guess that since, for me, my mother was the first woman I ever knew, she would be, subconsciously, my idea of how a woman "should be" - of the "perfect woman". Ummm.... or something like that. I don't really know a lot about it - I'm just kind of forming my own theories based on... well, nothing, really. Man, I wish I could explain it better.... That actually makes sense. I mean, I don't think I could ever consider my mother ugly, because subconciously a mother is always beautiful to her children. |
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