YOU CHOOSE A MAN WHO LOOKS LIKE YOUR BROTHER

My brother has a big dark brown tuft on his crown, is somewhat artistically hip in his wardrobe, has a pair of blue eyes, and has very large teeth. Not out of proportion, he can handle them just fine. My love has hair of the buzzed kind with a reddish glow, has green eyes, and is more casual in clothing. But aside from the stretching meters, shoe size, and age, I don't think they look alike at all.

But now there is big scientific news. Not of the world-saving kind, but it is juicy and a bit dubious. Freud thought that the ideal man for a woman was one who looks like her old man, but research now says something different. Apparently, you are looking for a man who looks like your brother. Uuuuh, well that quest has already failed for me.

At Northumbria University (yes, I had to google where those study nerds hang out too, but the UK it is) they took 32 women as subjects for research. The women shared photos of their man AND brother. To make it not too easy, the researchers added three more photos. Participants in the study were tasked with picking the lady's brother out of the photos. And lo and behold, they identified the man aka boy as the brother in almost 100 percent of the cases.

When I settle on a terrace with a glass of white, I can spend hours with my mouth open watching couples who look alike stroll by. As if with each passing year, you take on more of each other's physical traits. A bit like with the dog that looks a hell of a lot like its owner. But now it turns out that this is very logical (not that dog thing of course, although I believe in that wholeheartedly). You don't start looking more like your partner in crime, you always looked the same. Here comes Freud's father sneaking around the corner again, because how likely is it that your brother looks like your father? Exactly my point.

Source: Grazia UK