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2/3 of men choose partners like their mothers (mirror.co.uk)
19 points by mgh2 on June 29, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 13 comments



I'd put a lot more faith in this if their results didn't just show that people attribute traits to their mothers like tolerance, empathy, monogamy (positive traits that most people want in a relationship anyway) and look for those in a partner but had instead found that people whose mothers were narcissistic, controlling, or emotionally distant overwhelmingly sought out partners who shared those traits.


I wonder if gay people would agree. honest question


Am lesbian, can confirm. My partner is a woman, just like my mom.


I like that mentality


We’re posting tabloids on here now?


Study performed by dating app

but that's quite interesting:

>In 2016, eHarmony announced their questionnaire would now be optional for users.[16] By 2017, the questionnaire consisted of 150 questions, down from 450 questions.[17]

they had a lot of data.


They had a lot of self-reported data


My mom was the first woman to love me.


3/3 women choose partners like their fathers


(2019)


Read: 2/3 of men do not resolve their childhood trauma before picking a partner, and find comfort in the same.


or 2/3 of men didn't have real childhood trauma, and picked a partner similar to the strongest feminine relationship they had


Woah! Don’t you know everyone’s 3rd personality trait is “victim”




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