Asked & Answered~225

Love Transactions ...in 12 lines

~The Campus Grind~

Two friends over coffee

"I'm a Business major, Craig, and you're Psych. 

So, tell me, do you think human relationships are transactional?"

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"Yes, Alicia, the research literature supports that hypothesis."

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"What about romantic relationships?"

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"Yes, those most of all. First, think of the Ventral Tegmental and Caudate Nucleus 

regions of your brain as an operating budget, pulsating between surpluses and deficits."

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" ... Pulsating, huh?"

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"Yes, now try to picture the object of your amorous desires 

making deposits and withdrawals."

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" ...Deposits. Got it."

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"This is fairly complex stuff, Alicia. Are you sure? Any more questions?"

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"Yes. Your dorm room or mine?" 

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Loosely based on Diamond & Dickenson, University of Utah, 2012

Reviews

[mou]

It is proved that the intelligent words and their persuasive deliverance can move us from the hypothesis to established conclusion very fast! You make me smile
- mou

[JD Major]

Ha, ha, Yes, one's hypothesis can sometimes be another's climax! Thanks Mou!

[Neville]

No kidding, this is brill & I aint talkin fish .. Neville

[JD Major]

I don't speak Fish, pal, but on my Scale your review's a 10! ...budunp bump! :)

[Neville]

You need to learn fast otherwise you are gonna drown in this here café .. N

[JD Major]

Yes, it's all the lines and hooks I fear most!

[Neville]

in that case, either drowned or gutted ..

[JD Major]

...M'gut tells be drowning's best :)

[Neville]

................ you sure got sensible guts :)

[Chris Shaw]

Ha ha, your mind is a riot. Thanks for the smile.

Chris

[JD Major]

...And thank You, Chris!!!🙂

[Miss Sharon]

I love the ending....and the rest as well! ~Sharon

[JD Major]

...Oops, not sure my first "thanks" went thru ...
...so again, Thanks Miss Sharon!