BU students might want to sign on to Marriage Pact program Ariel Wajnrajch is a sophomore majoring in psychology.
Economic approaches to compatibility offer a unique shot at romance
April 7, 2021
Have you ever made the promise to a friend, “If we’re not married by age 40, I’ll marry you?” What if Binghamton University found the perfect friend with whom you should make that pact? Believe it or not, many college campuses have some form of this, and it’s known as “the Marriage Pact.” I didn’t hear about this from any friends from other schools or from a podcast about relationships, but rather the NPR podcast, “Planet Money.” The podcast described the complicated and exciting process at Stanford University near finals week when students eagerly await the results of their Marriage Pact surveys. It sounds like how I waited for my bid card along with many of my friends at the end of Panhellenic recruitment on campus this semester. Everyone’s refreshing their
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In your quest for true love and that elusive happily ever after, are you waiting for the right person to come along, or do you find yourself going for the cutest guy or girl in the room, hoping things will work out? Do you leave your options open, hoping to trade-up at the next opportunity, or do you invest in your relationship with an eye on the cost-benefits analysis?
For something so fundamental to our existence, mate selection remains one of humanity s most enduring mysteries. It s been the topic of intense psychological research for decades, spawning myriad hypotheses of why we choose whom we choose.