Gene linked to commitment-phobia


	Gene linked to commitment-phobia

wildcat

9-2-2008 12:40 PM

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genetics, commitment-phobia

wildcat says:

commitment-phobia, everybody has it..

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9-2-2008 4:07 PM

Fast T friend

“We can’t with any accuracy predict effects on behavior,”
says Hasse Walum of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. “A lot of different things
determine how happy you will be in a relationship.”

Commitment of course isn't commitment if we take it as a bargain for happiness, perhaps that is why this particular phobia is so common

9-2-2008 9:55 PM

Silkweaver

I wonder why he always introduced himself as Bond, James Bond....

was he trying to hide his genetic deficiency or what?

9-2-2008 9:55 PM

tanyamm

Another cop-out for men to avoid commitment.

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