The cost of finding love is, on average, two inner circle friends

Ever found yourself dumped by a friendembarking on a romance? Don't worry, you're probably not the only one. For according to Oxford University scientists, nfl jerseyevery time we start a relationship we jettison two of our closest friends.
　
　　Most of us simply don't have enough time for intimate friendships with more than four or five football jersey people, their research shows.
　
　　And a new love interest nfl football jerseyleads to two friends being pushed out of the inner circle.
　
　　Professor Robin Dunbar, one of Britain's leading experts in evolutionary biology, pittsburgh steelers jersey
explained: 'If you go into a romantic relationship it actually costs you two friends in that inner core of relationships.
　　
　　'Instead of having the typical five friends, they only have four in that inner circle. And bearingtennessee titans jersey in mind that one of those is the new person that has come into your life, it means you have to give up two others.'
　
　　Men tend to have four or five intimate friends, women five or six, he said.
　　
　　However, men were just dallas cowboys jerseyas likely to jettison friends at the start of a new romantic attachment as women, found the study of those aged 18 to 60.new orleans saints jersey
　
　　'Your attention is so wholly focused on the romantic partners, you just don't get to see the other folks you had a lot to do with before,' the professor told the British Science Festival in Birmingham. 'Those relationships start todeteriorate.'
　　
　　But it's not just romance that can push out close friends, he explained. Children or buying new york giants jerseya dog can have the same effect.
　　
　　'You can only have five slots for deeply intense and meaningful relations. Those individuals don't San Francisco 49ers jersey
have to be human. They can be your dog - or your favourite chrysanthemum plant. They can be people in an entirely fictional world - they can be soap opera characters. They can be God or they can be saints.'