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January 31, 2003

Strange But True!

  • A weekly column of incidental information, off-the-wall observations and other random facts about the world.
    • By BILL SONES and RICH SONES, Ph.D.
    Special to the Journal

    Q. If that special someone hasn't yet appeared in your life, what's this person likely to be like? Can social psychologists help you look into the crystal ball?

    A. Good chance you'll meet your future partner at your workplace, says Daniel Nettle, lecturer in biological psychology at the Open University, Milton Keynes, England. If you're a heterosexual woman, he'll almost certainly be taller than you, and probably 3-4 years older. If you're close in age, the chances are he'll have the same or higher level of education as yourself. Similarity of social background makes for ease of courtship but not necessarily strength of attraction. His personality could be completely different from yours; if you're into dangerous sports, though, he will be too, and if you drive fast, so will he.


     
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