Yahoo Lifestyle Three Questions That Will Reveal The Fate Of Your Relationship
It can be difficult at the best of times to gauge whether your relationship will last the distance, but now researchers at Harvard University say they’ve found the key to lasting love.
According to experts at the prestigious school, you need only ask your partner three key questions to determine if you’ll stay together. If you both agree on the answers, you’re a long-term match. If you don’t, well, let’s just say your taste in films matters more than you might think.
So, just what are these three humble questions? In order:
1. Do you like horror movies?
2. Have you ever travelled around another country alone?
3. Wouldn’t it be fun to chuck it all and go live on a sailboat?
We’re scratching our heads as to how The Exorcist might determine compatibility, but the second and third points seem to make sense: the travel question clearly indicates the level of independence required from each party in a relationship, while the sailboat question seeks a couple’s long-term mentality.
It’s a tenuous link, but researchers at Harvard insist they’ve used the questions to determine a mathematical algorithm to lasting love.
In addition, they’ve also revealed the top online dating dos and don’ts, with bad grammar and spelling topping the list of no-nos.
If you really want to impress your love interest, the words ‘awesome’ and ‘fascinating’ will apparently go a lot further to securing you a date over the words ‘sexy’ or ‘beautiful’, perhaps because the latter are much more generic sounding.
In terms of profile pictures, the Harvard team, who are also responsible for the dating website OK Cupid, say men who exude mystery (ie, aren’t smiling) tend to get the most hits, while women who hold a camera above their head and look directly down the lens are more popular.
“Women looking away from camera, as if they are flirting with someone else, get the least interest,” say the experts.
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