Would you like to be part of an experiment

@TexChik ooohhhh this is interesting! So your main stance is that it won’t work? Do you think it’ll be a flop like won’t work at all, but what if it’s two months or three?

@Rumplesmoothbottom first let me say my arguing with you is in no way meant to be crass or disrespectful. 😉.

I’m saying not everyone would be a suitable candidate. Your premise that two people would fall in love after 90 contacts just isn’t practical . I’m saying I love my husband more than my own life , I am [i]in love [/i]with him , and that no amount of texting with someone on social media is ever going to change that .

Now if your hypotheses stipulated the volunteers to not be married and not in a romantic relationship ... then you might have a chance at maybe 10% falling in love from 90 social media interactions in a month. Falling in love Is not an autonomic response to limited stimuli .

@TexChik a fair criticism. I think you’re right... current “availability to love” for want of a better term is definitely a contributing factor. I get it now.

But I don’t think that limits it to people who are married. I think that’s where my confusion came in. Because I don’t think that because someone is married means they are necessarily unable to love someone else.

However I do still believe that there MUST be a point that even the most devoted such as yourself (with all due respect) could not help but fall somewhat.

@SW-User Got it and thank you for your honesty to me and specially for your loyalty for your lucky partner 👏🏻.

I´ve said, previously, that I may be a biased case as volunteer of this experiment.
I´m not in a relationship of any kind, actually.
But, almost three years later, there are persistent memories that still haunt my mind and emotions.

@CharlieZ I would still put yourself forward. You don't want to miss put on some happiness and at the very least I suspect you'll make a good friend!

It hard to get over past relationships. I'm someone who is quite sentimental and clings to emotions.

@SW-User Thank you, kind lady.😊
I´ll stay open.

@PeachyK Exactly, and those definitions change as we age, the relationship ends, we get hurt..etc..

@Rumplesmoothbottom And that's why it will border on pseudo-empiricism. Not good in human sciences. Not measurable, not definitive.. Love= what they say they feel. It is like all studies that count on attitudes. They are best done using a scale.

It can be a qualitative study.

@Miram definitely, but I wasn’t really thinking of it being quantitative at all, it was mainly for my own amusement, so if people want to label it as qualitative study (which I totally agree it would be) then they are more than welcome.

But what do you think of the outcome?

@Rumplesmoothbottom Oh, I think I answered most of that in the original question. Attraction will happen.

So you’ll give it a go? I still need a volunteer! @SW-User

Popcorn popcorn? @5thApprentice

@5thApprentice lol you would be a good volunteer

@PeachyK Probably quite general, like about their interests and such.

@MartinTheFirst yeah but I mean for my experiment... they should ask a question a day

@Rumplesmoothbottom oh... well you could try

Me fudging too! @SW-User it could be amazing!

@SW-User Me too!

@PeachyK sounds fun right!! Can you think of any more rules?

They have to stick with it a whole month. Even if they don’t like each other at first. 🤭@Rumplesmoothbottom

@PeachyK yes!! In fact it may be more interesting if they DONT like each other to start with??

Right!! @CharlieZ help me out man! Any thoughts or feelings?