Episode 113: The balance of attraction

The balance of attraction is a concept I developed to help
explain certain emotional dynamics in romantic relationships.
It's based on a fundamental axiom, which is: no two people can
like each other exactly the same amount. One of the most
important corollaries of this axiom is that, in any relationship,
one person will like the other more and one person will like the
other less. Who occupies which position can change from
day-to-day, or even moment-to-moment, but most relationships are
characterized by a fairly stable attraction imbalance. I'll talk
more about this in this episode.