Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Economics I Learned from Online Dating Quotes

“To an economist, there is one set of people who are surely less likely to settle down—those whose search costs are lowest.”
― Paul Oyer, Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Economics I Learned from Online Dating

“When picking a life partner, I don’t get to pick the best one available. I get to pick the best one available who picks me back. In this way, the online dating search process is much more similar to the job search process than it is to the house hunting process.”
― PAUL OYER, Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Economics I Learned from Online Dating

“Many people believe there exists a single person who is their perfect partner or “soul mate.” That may be true, but then I certainly hope that my soul mate does not live in a remote village in India. Suppose that my soul mate was born, like me, in the 1960s. Limiting myself to women who are still alive, and assuming that half of them have already met their soul mates, I have perhaps 200 million potential partners. If I meet two potential partners a day, there’s a 50/50 chance I will find my soul mate within a quarter of a million years.”
― PAUL OYER, Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Economics I Learned from Online Dating

“Dating Advice: If you want your life partner to be a vegetarian, move to New York City.”
― Paul Oyer, Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Economics I Learned from Online Dating

“We settle. There, I said it. You don’t want to admit it. You love your mate and think he or she is the greatest. Or, if you are still looking, you are hoping you will find someone “perfect.” But you won’t. I don’t want to burst your bubble, but you just are not going to find the perfect match. Even”
― Paul Oyer, Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Economics I Learned from Online Dating