Theories of attraction continued

I few years ago on the discovery or history channel, I watched a very interesting program on "the psychology of attraction." One section of this program discussed how individuals in relationships frequently look similar to their significant other, and how studies have shown that we tend to be attracted to people who look similar to ourselves. While thinking about the Odeipus complex and our tendencies to be drawn towards people like our parents that I wrote in my last blog, I was thinking about how it could be related to this theory of attraction, and came to a similar conclusion. We may be drawn to people who look similar to us, simply because thats what we are accustomed to seeing, that is what we are comfortable with, like we are drawn to careers that our parents/siblings follow. I think that this theory of attraction ould also be extended to hobbies, clothing styles, and personal beliefs, which is how we forms relationships, not exclusively romantic ones, with people similar to us.

Also as we discussed in class, I don't necessarily think this always must be the case. Just like we should experience a variety of subjects before choosing the same career paths as our parents, we should befriend a variety of people, and have a variety of experiences, outside of what we are accustomed to, so we can decide personally what is best for us, rather than simply what we are farmiliar with. In doing this, we give ourselves the opportunity to create our own, unique paths.

How important is it that we maintain or break apart (depending on what your views are) our comfort zones?