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For a television show, experiment was conducted using a dating agency. A selected number of men were told that their next date was well matched to them and that they should expect to have a successful, fun time. It was explained to each man that his date had suffered an injury to one eye as a child and that she was very sensitive about it because the eye didn't track properly. We said we weren't sure which eye it was, but if he looked closely he'd be able to pick it. Each woman was also told the same story about her date and that if she too looked closely she'd be able to spot the slow eye. On their dates, the couples spent the evening gazing into each other's eyes searching in vain for the 'problem eye'. The outcome was that each couple reported high levels of intimacy and romance on their dates and the likelihood of the couple meeting again for a second date was 200% higher than the agency average.

Extended gazing can create intimate feelings.

You can also drive couples apart by telling them that their date has a hearing problem and that they'd need to talk about 10% louder than their date to be heard.

This results in a couple talking louder and louder as the evening progresses to the point where they are yelling at each other.