Why me?

Proximity, Similarity and Physical Attractiveness. Or at least that's why my intro into psychology book tells me.

Proximity - "The more proximity, geographical closeness, we have to someone in our daily lives, there more exposure we have to them, and the more we tend to like them."

Similarity - "When choosing a partner, we tend to gravitate to people who are of similar age, socioeconomic status, education, intelligence, race, religion, attitudes, power, and physical attractiveness.We tend to like those who are similar to us, and liking leads to attraction."

Physical Attractiveness - "When choosing a potential partner, physical attractiveness seems to be important to both men and women, but men seem to place particular emphasis on how attractive their potential partners are. Women on the other hand, place more importance on the psychological traits of their potential partners. So it seems that although physical attractiveness is important to women, it is not the most important aspect of a partner. Female or male, we tend to be romantically involved with people whose level of physical attractiveness is comparable to our own. This is a tendency called the matching hypothesis."

The last one is incredible to me. We like people who are just about as attractive as we are. Now stop. Think about your friends... That is about how good looking you are. (take this with a grain of salt, these aren't hard facts)Interesting no? Made me think about my own relationship.

I must be pretty darn cute if this matching hypothesis is true.