Thursday, November 18, 2004
Formula
We all know that formulas are less than adequate in explaining the science of love. Well, no harm indulging in a less-than-scientific yardstick sometime.
x = (y/2) + 7, where
x = minimum age of the girlfriend/ wife
y = age of the boyfriend/ husband
God knows where SK heard it from, but he swears by it using it on most couples we know. When I told J about it, she raised an interesting question - that the formula could not have been so simplistic, "Doesn't it encompass some regression or something, considering that SK is a finance professor?" Good point, I'll remind myself to ask SK next time we meet to quench a particular thirst. And talking about god, He must have sent these priests straight down from heaven.
We all know that formulas are less than adequate in explaining the science of love. Well, no harm indulging in a less-than-scientific yardstick sometime.
x = (y/2) + 7, where
x = minimum age of the girlfriend/ wife
y = age of the boyfriend/ husband
God knows where SK heard it from, but he swears by it using it on most couples we know. When I told J about it, she raised an interesting question - that the formula could not have been so simplistic, "Doesn't it encompass some regression or something, considering that SK is a finance professor?" Good point, I'll remind myself to ask SK next time we meet to quench a particular thirst. And talking about god, He must have sent these priests straight down from heaven.
