The Rule of Three

Most people who know me have already heard my "Rule of Three" theory. Just about everyone who has heard it signs off on it too. :)

For the rest of you, let me give it to you nice and quick. ;)

When considering a potential partner, you can generalise everything down to three basic attributes.

1: Looks - How physically attractive you find them.
2: Availability - Are they committed to someone already?
3: Mental Stability - How many "problems" they have. :P

Now here is the catch. You can only ever have two of those three at a time. That is, if you find someone who is attractive and available, they are going to be a nut job. If you find someone who is available and appears mentally normal, there is a very good chance they are not all that attractive. And if you find someone who is attractive and normal, they are inevitably already spoken for.

If you are unfortunate enough to have a decent number of past partners and relationships to reference against, go ahead and apply the rule of three. You'll see how valid it is! Apply it to relationships and partners of friends and family. It works!

Now there is always an exception to the rule. There are those people out there who manage to snap up one of those attractive normal partners the instant they become available. Or there are those who are unlucky enough to only have one (or even none) of the attributes. But as far as a generalisation goes, you'll find the rule of three to be pretty much spot on every time.

Which two apply to you? :P

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