ECR's top 5 things you've picked up from your partner
What in the copycat is going on?!
There are some things that you begin to copy from a loved one over a period of time.
These learned behaviours are often picked up by friends and colleagues who circulate new couples.
There’s an old saying in our place: ”If you live with someone for 6 months they become you and you become them.”
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Stacey Norman shares: "Recently, one of our team members has just gotten into a relationship and we can't help but notice her, she is basically a copy of her new boo."
Stacey and J Sbu have created a list of some of the things that lovebirds pick up from one another:
1. Catch-phrases and sayings
2. Eating habits
3. Taste in music
4. Body language
5. Sleeping patterns
Studies of monkeys several decades ago proved that their brains, and ours, have the ability to feel what others are feeling just by seeing their faces. This physical connection can change our brains to mimick those we are most attached to. So we unconsciously walk, talk and behave like our spouses and family. It also proves what our parents told us: “You become who you hang out with.”
According to Reddit users, humans tend to mirror the person they are attracted to.
So take it as a good thing and if you don't think that this is you, get your friends to share their insight.
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