is it true that we tend to be attracted to the opposite gender who actually look somewhat similiar to us?
oh is it also true that if both couples looks the same. they tend to stay longer together?
i seen some couples espcially older ones both husband and wife looks so much the same that i even thgt they were sibllings at 1st...
2006-07-17 07:13:59 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
They also say that opposites attract. You are as likely to find two people who don't look at all alike and are married as two people who have similar features and are married. I don't look anything look my boyfriend. Physically, we are complete opposites.
2006-07-17 07:16:46 · answer #1 · answered by smcmsam 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is true, but couples are attracted to opposites too. The ones that look the same usually have a longer and better relationship while the opposites are veryy attracted to each other at first and then the relationship breaks off all of a sudden. In other words, it goes as quickly as ut comes.
2006-07-17 07:18:23 · answer #2 · answered by ojndoanj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is only true if you have a narcissist personality. If you believe that you are beautiful then you would tend to find someone with similar looks to you as beautiful too.
Also, you have to remember that older couples probably came from the same areas and they might not have had as much choice in the matter. And as you age, your features tend to become less defined which gives you a higher probability of looking like your partner.
2006-07-17 07:20:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some studies that have been done that indicate this. There are also studies that indicate otherwise. I believe that different experiences bring different ways of thinking and different ways of finding people attractive. We, as a society, tend to over-analyze things like this, to try to make emotion, love and lust into a cold science, and it never will be, nor should it be. I think the things we should spend our time thinking about and analyzing are ways that we can make today better, how we can better care for those we love, things like that. If there were something that could be more scientifically calculated, I'd think it would be how to communicate effictively and lovingly with another person, not whether their facial symmetry drives our attraction to them.
2006-07-17 07:20:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
... My personal opinion is that everybody is a little Narcissistic on a subconscious level... When you look in the mirror every day, you tend to get comfortable with your looks... So it only goes to figure that you would subconsciously go for something you are familiar with... So it would only play out that if say 5 out of 7 people are dating people that have some type of shared features its also likely that you would see couples that look alike.. But looking alike doesn't assure you of a successful relationship... I think it just gets your foot in the door... what you do with the door once open is up to you.
2006-07-21 03:57:44 · answer #5 · answered by tfer1974 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People don't attracted to someone look similiar to us. But if 2 person stay together for long enough, they will become looks more alike. That's explain why older couples look so much the same. People said, how you look, depend on what you eat. Should add...also depend what's in your mind.
2006-07-23 19:51:33 · answer #6 · answered by Tan D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-17 07:16:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I always thought that when two people who are so head-over-heels in love with each other married and stayed together for a long time, they would pick up some of the same traits as their significant other. It's possible, I suppose.
2006-07-17 07:18:08 · answer #8 · answered by Maico 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who knows!
there are loads of theories: opposties attract, like attracts like, etc nto to mention the fruedian theories that we're actually attracted to our parents! lol
there is generally always a common connection, if its mutual physical attraction, same interests, whatever.
and there's no telling what will work and what wont til you give it a try. any relationship takes work.
but as for your idea about looking alike - i thought brad pitt and jennifer aniston looked alike but look what happened there. and yet johnny depp and vanessa paradis look quite similar and have been together for ages!
it cant really be generalised - simply because as we're all individuals we're all different.
2006-07-17 07:19:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be since often women look for men that remind them of their fathers and men look for women with their mother's qualities. Sometimes that would mean they would physically be similar.
I think the depth of the couple's commitment is determined by the person, not how the look.
Maybe you're noticing older couples "look the same" because you're seeing grey hair and wrinkles on both of them.
2006-07-17 07:19:31 · answer #10 · answered by Polly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i call my husband and i jokingly narcissistic because we look alike.. are birthdays are also a day apart.. he is my soul-mate. and our children are so cute :) Ive heard this and through life friends who are couples throughout the years have gotten divorced, the ones that stay kinda look alike, i also think being around someone so much you get some of the same mannerisms and such...Ive heard this and i think its part true, though my parents have been married for 35 yrs and look nothing alike.. :) i think attraction is more chemical...pheromones
2006-07-17 07:20:39 · answer #11 · answered by Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋