Dating

I thought the lecture on dating was interesting. It is weird that the aspects of dating are actually studied. When I think about dating, whether it be my personal dating life or that of others, I usually don't think of Sternberg's Love Triangle or the theories of attraction. But after hearing them I realized there is a lot of truth to them and I can think of examples for many of these theories in my real life. Like the idea of propinquity, I can relate to that. The more time I spent around this guy the more I felt attracted to him. Now I know why. Also the idea of similarity and attractiveness seems pretty obvious so I was not surprised to see that as part of the list. I must have interests in common with someone to be attracted to them, I'm not saying we have to like all the same things but it makes someone more attractive when they are into the same music, sports, movies as I am. Also I have seen Sternberg's Love Triangle play out in my friends relationships and in my own. It is interesting to pick out real life examples and know that there is some sort of theory to back it all up and put an explanation with it.