FALLING IN LOVE COSTS YOU FRIENDS
Baku, September 16 (AZERTAC). Falling in love comes at the cost of losing two close friends, a study says, according to BBC News.
We probably all know that a passionate new relationship can leave you little time for others, but now science has put some numbers on the observation.
Oxford University researchers asked people about their inner core of friendships and how this number changed when romance entered the equation.
They found the core, which numbers about five people, dropped by two as a new lover came to dominate daily life.
“People who are in romantic relationships - instead of having the typical five on average, they only have four in that circle,” explained Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary anthropology at Oxford.
“And bearing in mind that one of those is the new person that`s come into your life, it means you`ve had to give up two others.”
The research, which has only recently been submitted for publication, was presented to the British Science Festival at Aston University.
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