Three Valentines Day Tips
Tip #1: Go for the chocolate and flowers.
While a rational economist would tell you and your special Valentine to skip the formalities of jewelry, chocolate, and flowers (after all, don’t we all really have better things to spend our money on?), we know that in reality, human relationships are based on more than money.
This video also appeared on my friend Paul Solman’s website
Tip #2: Be careful. Kids are expensive.
Toys, Nintendo, iPads, clothes, birthday parties: kids are expensive. Be careful.
Tip #3: Don’t let your expectations run away.
Our data show that our expectations about people we meet online tend to be overinflated. If we see that somebody is into sports, for example, we tend to mistakenly assume that they like the same sports we do. This bias, as you can imagine, can lead to emotional distress after the date. Keep your expectations modest.
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So what presents did you buy for V Day?
tip 2 very important one. It may seem pleasant on V day but that’s a gift you’ll only received later.
tip 3 – it’s really interesting how in our search for someone to go out with in the internet we try to find ourselves.
Re the first: it may well be that economists would rather / be happier exchanging cash for relationships. That model has existed since the day after money was invented. Few other basic business models have lasted as long.
Second: A woman I know who has six children assures me that the money she saved on birth control while being pregnant did NOT begin to cover the costs of children after delivery.
Third: Two work-arounds for the women’s side of this problem are to a) not do online dating in secret (that is, let your friends know what you”re doing and who you’re emailing) (girlfriends can spot married men) and b) meet them fast. The longer the virtual component of the romance, the worse the dashed expectations.
You’re sitting in front of Stanford! Are you still in town? You’re kind of my hero and would love to grab coffee if you’re still around
anyone who values sugar, fat and plants that are going to die soon more than cash is not someone I want to be dating
What I like much better then giving and/or receiving something on occasions like valentines day ist to surprise somebody with something when the person ist not expecting ist (and that is really a gift because there is nothing coming back to me, otherwise it would just be an exchange).
RE: Video #2 – I still carry around your business card from last year’s SXSW just in case
WSJ valentines day tips: “The Secret to a Happy Marriage: Do the Dishes, Put Out, Don’t Talk So Much.”
http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/02/14/the-secret-to-a-happy-marriage-do-the-dishes-put-out-don%E2%80%99t-talk-so-much/
V day in China is very popular。
Hum…I’m not really convinced about the necessity of buying gifts for a valentine’s day to improve your relationship with your boy/girlfriend. I wonder if you wife dictated you the message
Anyway it’s always a pleasure to hear from you!
You were in Town and Country on Stanford’s campus!! No, did I somehow miss you?
I’d love to attend one of your talks.