APPENDIX: Translating English to Love Economics
English/ Love Economics
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Confidence = Belief that one is able to fulfill the needs of others.
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You are nice. = You are willing to fulfill my emotional, entertainment, and materialistic needs without any or little cost.
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Codependency or I'm stuck in this relationship. = Breakup cost is very high.
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I like bad boys. = I need my entertainment needs fulfilled by novelty and mystery.Â
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You are funny. = You are fulfilling my entertainment needs using humor.Â
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You are so smart (interesting). = You are fulfilling my entertainment needs by intellectually stimulating me.Â
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We are dating. = I am verifying the amount of net benefit I am receiving from being with you.Â
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Let's go to Happy Hour. = Let's search for love by expanding our social network.Â
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You are picky. = Your selectiveness coefficient is very small.Â
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I can't go out with you. = I believe my benefit being with you is lower than my search cost, maintenance cost, and breakup risk. or I believe I will find or have found someone who gives me more net benefit than you.Â
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He/she is my soulmate. = He/she gives me the highest benefit/cost ratio than anybody in this world.Â
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I don't care about money. = I have already fulfilled my primary and materialistic desires.Â
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She is high(low) maintenance. = She requires high (low) maintenance cost.Â
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I can not stand people who use the word "soulmate" or "true love". = I am a hardcore work-it-out believer. or I am a jaded soulmate believer.Â
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I am falling for you. = Your net benefit is at sufficient levels for me to reciprocate my love.Â
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We are in love. = Our net benefits exchange is at equilibrium.Â
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* People who use online dating services. = Â People who have optimized their search time cost and financial search cost.Â
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I am attracted to tall, athletic men. = Â I need someone to protect me and my offspring.Â
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sex appeal = physical attractivenessÂ
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I like young women with big breasts. = I need a fertile woman who can bear and nurse my children  ha ha!!!
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