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when you have reached working world..

you are too busy to meet strangers, especially if you have a few cliques of close friends from both straight and aj world.

then meeting strangers will be the last priority that you will only agree the very last minute if you are really damn free..

(and maybe the driving cause is horniness, or wanting to find LTR, consciously, or sub-consciously)

sighz..

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"Why does looks matter so much for some people when it comes to only friendship?"

Got my answer today! ;-;

The stimulus-value-role (SVR) theory, as developed by Bernard Murstein, has identified the following three stages that apply to both making friends and connecting with potential partners:

1. Stimulus stage: In this first stage, other people measure you up in terms of external factors, such as your appearance and behavior. You also do the same to them.

The average person isn’t looking for the most attractive friend or partner, however. Instead, people tend to be interested in those in their “league”—that is, people who are close to their age, level of attractiveness, and so on. This is because one part of the process for both people is determining how likely it is that the other will return their interest.

The second part of the stimulus stage assessment for each person is figuring out how likely they are to benefit from a future friendship or romantic relationship with the other. If each person feels that the other is likely to be interested in them and that the relationship will be positive, they will move one step closer to making friends or becoming lovers.

2. Value stage: As the name implies, this stage in the process of making friends is all about checking for compatible values. Based on this information, both people can better weigh how much a potential friendship or romance would benefit them.

Here, it’s important to remember that your values determine your future, and the same is true for other people. If you don’t understand your values, it’s hard to check whether they would be compatible with those of others.

Once both people determine that their values are compatible enough, they move on to the last stage of making friends or establishing a romantic relationship.

3. Role stage: Finally, this is the part where others try to figure out the role they could play in your life, and you do the same with them.

People do this by participating in activities together, taking on roles that hopefully match up. There are many different roles a friend could play, for example, from casual drinking buddy to close confidant. Trying various things together while making friends helps set these roles up.

The role stage isn’t “happily ever after,” since friends and lovers keep reevaluating each other in terms of stimulus, value, and roles throughout each relationship. However, being successful in this stage does mean that two people have found a way to fit into each other’s lives.

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"Why does looks matter so much for some people when it comes to only friendship?"

Got my answer today! ;-;

The stimulus-value-role (SVR) theory, as developed by Bernard Murstein, has identified the following three stages that apply to both making friends and connecting with potential partners:

1. Stimulus stage: In this first stage, other people measure you up in terms of external factors, such as your appearance and behavior. You also do the same to them.

The average person isn’t looking for the most attractive friend or partner, however. Instead, people tend to be interested in those in their “league”—that is, people who are close to their age, level of attractiveness, and so on. This is because one part of the process for both people is determining how likely it is that the other will return their interest.

The second part of the stimulus stage assessment for each person is figuring out how likely they are to benefit from a future friendship or romantic relationship with the other. If each person feels that the other is likely to be interested in them and that the relationship will be positive, they will move one step closer to making friends or becoming lovers.

2. Value stage: As the name implies, this stage in the process of making friends is all about checking for compatible values. Based on this information, both people can better weigh how much a potential friendship or romance would benefit them.

Here, it’s important to remember that your values determine your future, and the same is true for other people. If you don’t understand your values, it’s hard to check whether they would be compatible with those of others.

Once both people determine that their values are compatible enough, they move on to the last stage of making friends or establishing a romantic relationship.

3. Role stage: Finally, this is the part where others try to figure out the role they could play in your life, and you do the same with them.

People do this by participating in activities together, taking on roles that hopefully match up. There are many different roles a friend could play, for example, from casual drinking buddy to close confidant. Trying various things together while making friends helps set these roles up.

The role stage isn’t “happily ever after,” since friends and lovers keep reevaluating each other in terms of stimulus, value, and roles throughout each relationship. However, being successful in this stage does mean that two people have found a way to fit into each other’s lives.

well.. i'm not sure if order matters or not..

but what i felt is that sometimes many goes into the "roles" stage after the stimulus

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well.. i'm not sure if order matters or not..

but what i felt is that sometimes many goes into the "roles" stage after the stimulus

yea, that happens! and then it'll feel like something's missing i guess X_X people not gauging the values to see if they are truly compatible or not

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Looks like someone isn't sleepy enough tonight.

LOL!

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善待对人。麻烦用英文来表达信息。不是每个人都会看的懂中文 “People need to learn the art of making an argument. Often there is no

right or wrong. It's just your opinion vs someone else's opinion. How you deliver that opinion could make the difference between opening a mind,

changing an opinion or shutting the door. Sometimes folk just don't know when they've "argued" enough. Learn when to shut up."

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