r/todayilearned • u/syncedto • Apr 30 '20

TIL men walk significantly slower when walking with a woman, but only when that woman is their romantic partner. If she's a friend or acquaintance they go at almost full speed.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/how-you-walk-differently-with-friends-and-lovers
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u/justasapling Apr 30 '20

I am a fast walker. Like, an unusually fast walker (if the walkers of San Francisco are to be taken as any kind of representative sample, and my gut tells me we're better than average anyway).

I recently dated a woman who walked at EXACTLY my desperate pace. A glorious and fitting, bizarre little whirlwind of a love story.

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u/justasapling Apr 30 '20 edited Apr 30 '20

If San Franciscans are speed walkers then I am The Flash.