L = 8 + .5Y - .2P + .9Hm + .3Mf + J - .3G - .5(Sm - Sf)2 + I + 1.5C
L: The predicted length in years of the relationship
Y: The number of years the two people knew each other before the relationship became serious
P: The number of previous partners of both people added together
Hm: The importance the male partner attaches to honesty in the relationship
Mf : The importance the female attaches to money in the relationship
J: The importance both attach to humor (added together)
G: The importance both attach to good looks (added together)
Sm and Sf = The importance male and female attach to sex
I = The importance attached to having good in-laws (added together)
C= The importance attached to children in the relationship (added together)
Note: All 'importance' measures can be scaled from 1 to 5 where 1 is not important at all and 5 is very important.
Reading it, I honestly, doubt that this is "LOVE", I mean it's a good concept with a good calculation that would work possibly for a heartless marriage; can sort of be applied if you're looking for a roommate with benefits, if there is such a thing.
I think if I run this exercise with my closest male friend (regarding the value of sex, since I don't know how he feels I felt free to make an assumption), but anyway, I'd say if we run this formula we'd get 49 years or something. Why? Well, initially, we've known each other 17 years. You'd say 17 years, wow! But that's exactly the point.. if we hadn't clicked in 17 years, it means something; there is no chemistry, in other words, no LOVE. So what's a 49 year long relationship without love, right? I rest my case!
I think the "je ne sais quois" that makes love what it is, is simply un-calculable. It's a feeling not a set of numbers, nor a scale. It's something beautiful but rare and despite what anyone else thinks, for me, a scientific calculation, no matter how sophisticated will not define or calculate love.
What do you think?
I think if I run this exercise with my closest male friend (regarding the value of sex, since I don't know how he feels I felt free to make an assumption), but anyway, I'd say if we run this formula we'd get 49 years or something. Why? Well, initially, we've known each other 17 years. You'd say 17 years, wow! But that's exactly the point.. if we hadn't clicked in 17 years, it means something; there is no chemistry, in other words, no LOVE. So what's a 49 year long relationship without love, right? I rest my case!
I think the "je ne sais quois" that makes love what it is, is simply un-calculable. It's a feeling not a set of numbers, nor a scale. It's something beautiful but rare and despite what anyone else thinks, for me, a scientific calculation, no matter how sophisticated will not define or calculate love.
What do you think?
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