| Probability of Love |
= |
Probability of ( Net Benefit of Being in Love,
Emotional Availability,
Past Love Experiences )
|
| ---------------------------------------:--------------------------------------- |
| Net Benefit |
= |
Total Benefit - Total Cost
|
| ---------------------------------------:--------------------------------------- |
| Total Benefit |
= |
friendship + fulfillment of sexual needs
|
| friendship |
= |
fulfillment of ( emotional needs +
entertainment needs +
materialistic needs - sexual needs)
|
| Total Benefit |
= |
fulfillment of (emotional needs + entertainment needs + materialistic needs)
|
| emotional needs |
= |
esteem needs + social needs + spiritual needs + safety needs
|
| materialistic needs |
= |
primary needs + sexual needs + materialistic desires
|
| ---------------------------------------:--------------------------------------- |
| Total Cost |
= |
cost of (search + rejection + research + maintenance + opportunity) + breakup risk
|
| search cost |
= |
your attractiveness + social networking skills + time cost + financial cost
|
| rejection cost |
= |
-(your self-esteem + frequency of past rejections)
|
| research cost |
= |
knowledge of self + diagnostic abilities + proximity
|
| maintenance cost |
= |
emotional cost +
time cost to fulfill emotional, entertainment, materialistic needs +
financial cost to fulfill emotional, entertainment, materialistic needs
|
| breakup risk |
= |
risk of being dumped + your breakup cost
|
| ---------------------------------------:--------------------------------------- |
| Commitment |
= |
future net benefit - future net benefit from another love +
current breakup cost
|
