Had an epiphany today:

We go about choosing our better halves just like choosing books at the bookstore - this experience is similiar to when I was buying books at Fort Lauderdale international airport.
*In this case, assume there is only one book of each unique title, because in this airport there was only one of each. Assume limited time to flight and limited funds, because that's what I have.

• We know that the flight was be long and boring, so we want to get a book for company - Just like how we need a companion for the journey of life
• We go into bookstore and browse for the book - Just like filtering through the partners we have before settling for the right one
• Choose the book that we want to read and will entertain us for the journey according to our tastes and preferences - Just like how we will choose a partner that will be most suitable for us out of all the potentials we meet
• Purchase the book - Getting attached/married
• Walking around the corner and seeing another bookstore - A new milestone with new opportunities
• Start browsing at books again - Temptation
• Of all the other books in that OTHER store, you find the best book - Dilemma
• You start comparing, with the book you already got with the new book you are holding in your hand - Indecision

Don't you think that is so true? Draw parrallel instances to shopping for clothes... anything etc. I bring this example up because I was talking Denise today about the TV series 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette'. I borrowed Robin's quote for this exercise: Throw 20 females in a room fighting for one guy, that solo male will eventually end up with one of them. Now when the show is over, will they still end up together since the guy was forced to choose one in a sample population of 20? (Of course we discussed that and pointed out that there must have been over 1000 applicants for each show and personalities were screened to be TV-worthy)

This is an important point. The pool of people we know, determines who will be our partner. (Think about this, because of this people go to bars/clubs so that they can break away from their normal network and have a chance meeting with someone. This could undoubtedly mean that their pool = bars/clubs) So amongst what little people we know now, we try to make an informed decision about who to pick or who to like. Buy the right book before someone else buys it off the shelves and on top of that, find one quickly before your plane takes off. Sounds challenging? I think so.