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Post by issue100 on Aug 13, 2004 16:04:04 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. Who SMELL like their dads? I'm not sure about that one! My crush doesn't smell like my dad! |
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Post by Stal on Aug 13, 2004 17:37:25 GMT -5
The way Buddy explains it is the way I have no problem believing whatsoever. That's understandable. But it's not a cover-all. The only thing similar between Yui and my mom, that I can think of, would be they both had brown hair (though Yui's is definitely darker).
But the way Freud basically explains it is that every guy wants to have...'relations' with their mother. In a literal sense. And same goes for girls and their father.
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Post by Jessica Coconut on Aug 13, 2004 18:48:40 GMT -5
Who SMELL like their dads? I'm not sure about that one! My crush doesn't smell like my dad! Well, it's not smell like SMELL, it's like a hidden sort of smell. Most of the time, we don't think we smell anything, but humans give off smells all the time. Animals can sense them MUCH better than we can. Like bloodhounds. That kind of smell. That's how they find missing people, looking for their smell. Most humans can't tell the difference between people, if they're not wearing cologne, perfume, or deodorant. (and if they hadn't been excersizing a lot for that matter) It's just a hidden sort of smell. |
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Post by Stal on Aug 13, 2004 19:45:39 GMT -5
Well, it's not smell like SMELL, it's like a hidden sort of smell. Most of the time, we don't think we smell anything, but humans give off smells all the time. Animals can sense them MUCH better than we can. Like bloodhounds. That kind of smell. That's how they find missing people, looking for their smell. Most humans can't tell the difference between people, if they're not wearing cologne, perfume, or deodorant. (and if they hadn't been excersizing a lot for that matter) It's just a hidden sort of smell. Our brain filters it out *nodnod* Which is why if you're exposed to a smell for a prolonged period of time, you get used to it and don't smell it anymore (a reason we can't smell our own BO). So, yeah. |
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Post by thegreenmooseofdoom on Aug 13, 2004 21:33:48 GMT -5
Well, it's not smell like SMELL, it's like a hidden sort of smell. Most of the time, we don't think we smell anything, but humans give off smells all the time. Animals can sense them MUCH better than we can. Like bloodhounds. That kind of smell. That's how they find missing people, looking for their smell. Most humans can't tell the difference between people, if they're not wearing cologne, perfume, or deodorant. (and if they hadn't been excersizing a lot for that matter) It's just a hidden sort of smell. I dunno, I can distinguish between the smells of my family members and my boyfriend. People of different ethnicities also smell different because they generally eat different things. You can smell people, you just have to be paying attention.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2004 21:37:22 GMT -5
Well, it's not smell like SMELL, it's like a hidden sort of smell. Most of the time, we don't think we smell anything, but humans give off smells all the time. Animals can sense them MUCH better than we can. Like bloodhounds. That kind of smell. That's how they find missing people, looking for their smell. Most humans can't tell the difference between people, if they're not wearing cologne, perfume, or deodorant. (and if they hadn't been excersizing a lot for that matter) It's just a hidden sort of smell. Wouldn't these smells be...pheromones? I think I mentioned that earlier. Aha! People agree with me! |
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Post by Jessica Coconut on Aug 13, 2004 21:46:42 GMT -5
Wouldn't these smells be...pheromones? I think I mentioned that earlier. Aha! People agree with me! Exactly. Pheromones get you to notice the person, and want to get to know them, and then you consciously decide whether or not you're compatible, or if you like their personality. For all you know when you "smell" them, they could be total creeps. It's a 2 part system. Subconscious, then conscious. Then unconscious. When you faint in happiness when they ask you to dance with them/be their bf/gf/marry them. Just kidding. |
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Post by Crystal on Aug 13, 2004 22:11:09 GMT -5
Wouldn't these smells be...pheromones? I think I mentioned that earlier. Aha! People agree with me! ... AIEEE!!! You mean my NOSE is deciding my crush for me? Dang, and it's continually blocked, too.  I'm neither for or against this theory. My crush could be like my dad or maybe not. They both like Biology, both male and both have black hair, but that's as far as it goes... If you think about it, I'm more like my dad than my crush is. |
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Post by Jessica Coconut on Aug 13, 2004 22:16:10 GMT -5
HA! Deciding, that's rich. It's just a first impression. Sort of like, it's not love at first sight, it's love at first smell. And even then, that's subconscious. You still have to consciously decide that it might work and the guy isn't a jerk.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2004 22:18:01 GMT -5
Well, I think I finally understand something about myself.
The whole reason I've been confused about whether or not I have a crush on a girl is now revealed!
I can't smell...
Bah, and to think that I always figured scent was the least important sense.
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Post by Crystal on Aug 13, 2004 22:35:33 GMT -5
HA! Deciding, that's rich. It's just a first impression. Sort of like, it's not love at first sight, it's love at first smell. And even then, that's subconscious. You still have to consciously decide that it might work and the guy isn't a jerk. ... phew. Still, first impressions are pretty important. |
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Post by etchelion on Aug 24, 2004 22:30:19 GMT -5
Don't mean to ressurect a thread from the dead, just my 2 cents.
Its not that you Smell your crush and he/she reminds you of your mom/dad. The Sigman Freud theory states that, bluntly put, all sons secretly and unknowingly want to sleep with their moms and daughters their dads. Sick? Yeah, pretty much, but that is the theory in blunt terms. In other words, our subconcious somehow ties our crushes with mother/father from some invisible similarity. Whether its true or not, I don't know. I still cannot find any similarity between my crush and my mom.
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Post by Eggz on Aug 24, 2004 22:46:32 GMT -5
Does that smell jump from person to person? Because I'm repeatedly switching crushes EDIT: Actually, the guy I liked at camp looked a bit like my dad (when he was younger) and he laughed like my brother...  |
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Post by Jessica Coconut on Aug 24, 2004 23:11:54 GMT -5
You know what? Did you ever notice that on TV, in books, or on movies, it's always the dad who hates the boyfriend, and the mom who hates the girlfriend?
Not necessarily hates, but disapproves of. More easily noticed with the dads.
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Post by Kiddo on Aug 24, 2004 23:21:34 GMT -5
I've heard that you also tend to like people that resemble someone from your childhood. Like a babysitter. My dad says he likes redheads because he knew a really awesome redhead babysitter when he was little. And he bets anything that the four year old next door will like girls with brown hair when he gets old enough. o.o;;;
I don't know about the smell thing... I mean, I usually notice guys by their hair, even when I'm not close enough to smell them, not even subconciously.
Ironically, I like guys with short and slightly spiky hair, kinda like my babysitter... I don't know where the long ponytail hair came from though. *luffles long hair on guys*
Blech. Love and crushes and stuff confuses me.
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