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A Relationship

The Model assumes people fall in love because the total benefit of being in love outweighs the total cost of being in love. So the probability of falling in love is related to your perception of the probability of net benefit resulting from being in love. Mathematically, the Model is written as:

Your Love for Love Interest	=	Love Interest's Love for You

Your Love for Love Interest	=	Your Net Benefit of Being in Love, Your Emotional Availability, Your Past Love Experiences

Love Interest's Love for You	=	Love Interest's Net Benefit of Being in Love, Love Interest's Emotional Availability, Love Interest's Past Love Experiences

Once in love, you both work to maintain a state of equilibrium, where your love for lover is equal to your lover's love for you.

Your Love for Lover

Lover's Love for You

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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.

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