Materialistic Needs

1. People in poor countries will marry younger.
2. People who do not have cars will be attracted to those who have cars.

1. Be a sugar daddy or mama. Become wealthy and offer to pay love interest's rent, car payments, and other bills.
2. Always pay on a date.

1. Get a job.
2. Smooch off the government. Get welfare or financial aid.
3. Stay at home and smooch off your parents.

1. If sex is great, people tend to stay in dysfunctional relationship longer and breaking up is harder.
2. Commitment like marriage will take longer if you are getting sex for free or at little cost. "Why buy the cow when the milk is free" argument.
3. People who are sexually active will devote a lot of time, money, and energy to remain that way.
4. Impotency or infertility causes stress in a relationship.

1. Have sex with love interest as soon as possible. (Assuming you are good in bed)
2. Be a great lover and get love interest hooked.
3. Use Viagra.

1. Buy yourself a purity ring and vow to be celibate until marriage at a Christian rally.
2. Become a born-again virgin.
3. Find another addiction to replace sex - crack, heroin, money, power, or winning.
4. Take cold showers or resort to self-gratification.
5. Pursue people who are horny and offer sex for free. Be a slut. (Note: both males and females can be sluts)
6. Hire a prostitute.

1. Rich and powerful people are more attractive to materialistic people than non-materialistic people.
2. Most domestic conflicts are due to financial reasons.

1. Satisfy love interest's materialistic desires by becoming rich and powerful through inheritance, education, business, investments, or crime.

1. Satisfy your own materialistic desire by becoming rich and powerful through inheritance, education, business, investments, or crime.
2. Learn to live within your means.
3. Convince yourself money is the root of all evils. Accept being poor.

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The Theory of Love Economics

• Love Economics - a new love theory to promote intelligent dating by explaining love using simple math equations.
  • A Behavioral Model of Love - a mathematical model to understand love.
  • The Core Variables of Love - love's main variables.
  • A Relationship - explained by love economics
  • Assumptions of Love Economics - facts the model holds true.
  • Emotional Availability - are you available?
  • Past Love Experiences - are you screwed up or jaded?
  • Commitment - reasons why people stay together.
  • How to Use Love Economics - master the forces of love.
  
  
• The Benefits of Love-understand why everybody wants to be loved.
  • Emotional Needs - esteem, social, spiritual, and safety needs.
  • Entertainment Needs - are you fun?
  • Materialistic Needs - primary needs, sexual needs, and materialistic desires.
  
  
• The Costs of Love-understand why love causes so much problems and pain.
  • Search Cost of Love - finding love requires time, money, and energy.
    • Your Attractiveness - everything that makes people attractive.
    • Your Social Networking Skills - how many people do you know?
    • Search Time Cost - do you have time to search for love?
    • Search Financial Cost - do you have money to search for love?
  • Rejection Cost of Love - cost of being turned down.
  • Research Cost of Love - cost of verifying a potential lover.
  • Maintenance Cost of Love - cost to keep love alive.
  • Opportunity Cost of Love - missed opportunities while you are in love.
  • Break Up Risk of Love - why people are insecure while in love.
    • Risk of Being Dumped - forces that influence people to dump and cheat on their lover.
    • Break Up Cost of Love - why it hurts so bad.