Love is Blind

Love is Blind to Pretty Faces

Well, is it? If you have been in love or even just infatuated, have you ever noticed this?

Being a foolish teenager, I have had my fair share of infatuations. And I never noticed, but this article seems to be very true. Even now, in a relationship that is new in a way, and at the risk of sounding cheesy, I believe that I am beginning to observe this behavior in myself.

Before I finished the article I made some assumptions. That we do this to avoid "cheating" on our partner and to maintain stability in our lives. And I read on, we do, indeed, do this "to help men and women stay in monogamous relation­ship." And because its is an unconscious behavior, there must be a reason that it just happens. The scientists who found this hypothesized that monogamous relationships benefit humans.

I also, while not having any professional knowledge of human behavior, believe that this behavior is psychological, in the sense that if you tell yourself that you are "in love" that you will also partake in this behavior. However this sudo-behavior is a more conscious effort to force yourself into what you believe is love.

I cannot find much information on the evolutionary benefits of a monogamous relationship, however, if this is found please, enlighten me. :D