We're apt to fall in love with those who are mysterious and challenging to us. Helen Fisher aptchallengefall Change image and share on social
Men fall in love faster than, and just as often as, women. Helen Fisher fallfastlove Change image and share on social
You size up someone physically in less than one second - too tall, too short, too fat, too thin, too old, too young, too stuffy, too scruffy. Helen Fisher fatphysicallyscruffy Change image and share on social
You don't come home from the office to spend time with another job. Hopefully you come home to someone you can have a good time with. Helen Fisher goodhomejob Change image and share on social
If we remained perpetually infatuated, we couldn't eat, sleep or work. Helen Fisher eatinfatuateperpetually Change image and share on social
Throughout evolution, ostracism was death indeed. Helen Fisher deathevolutionostracism Change image and share on social
A woman will toss her head and a man will say, 'Oh she's trying to pick me up,' when in fact she's not doing that at all. So, women actually have to be a little careful with what they do, because men will pick up things that they didn't mean. Helen Fisher carefulfacthead share on social
It certainly would have been adaptive for ancestral man to have a chubby wife during stressful times of famine. Not only would she have had more calories to burn, and thus more energy and endurance, but since fat stores estrogen, she would have remained fertile for longer. Helen Fisher adaptiveancestralburn share on social
Young women today do not marry the men they met in high school, or even the one they go out with at college, because they do not need to. Helen Fisher collegehighman Change image and share on social
After a man falls madly in love, he no longer cares how old she is. Helen Fisher carefalllong Change image and share on social
