6/30/2003 11:35:00 PM

Study: People seek themselves in potential mates

People like people like themselves. That's the conclusion of a study by Cornell University researchers...

Other theories of mate selection have been based on the idea that opposites attract or that people look for someone who ranks high in child-rearing qualities, the team noted.

But they concluded that a bigger factor in marriage quality and stability is similarity in personality traits.

"From the public perspective, our results suggest that individuals seeking stable, long-term relationships should not seek the highest quality partner available but should simply look for partners who are similar to themselves"...

(unless of course you are an artist, author or manic-genius in which case you need a care taker.
or maybe just cigarettes.)