Research Cost of Love

1. People who marry at a young age will have higher divorce rates.
2. People who do not date or date rarely have poor diagnostic abilities.
3. Be happy when you get rejected and thank the person who is rejecting you. Getting rejected saves you time, money, and energy.
4. Having a long-distance relationship will increase research cost.
5. Stalking someone is actually unwanted research.
6. Physical attractiveness is the most powerful attractive trait because it is the easiest to validate.
7. People who fall in love before completing the research phase will be positively biased towards their lover.
8. Playing hard to get will not work with people who have high research cost. It will only attract needy, clingy people, or players.

1. Date as many people as possible before getting serious.
2. To reduce the research cost of others, be honest and do not pretend to be someone you are not.
3. Get out of a relationship as soon as you know there is no future.
4. Hire a private investigator to research love interest.
5. Go to a spy shop. Buy and plant bugs in love interest's home and car.
6. Research and cross-examine love interest's family and friends as well.
7. Keep a research file. Buy small tape recorder, tape every conversation, take notes, and watch out for discrepancies.

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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.