Does the order in which you’re born impact your compatibility with a partner? According to ‘research’, opposites attract eg. first borns work are best paired with last borns, and if you’re both the eldest/youngest - it’s chaos. But is Birth Order Theory legit? We investigate the latest Tiktok trend with your stories and some research of our own.
SHOW NOTES:
Birth Order Theory
https://health.howstuffworks.com/relationships/dating/birth-order-dating-theory.htm#pt1
Norwegian study into birth order and marriage success
https://epc2006.eaps.nl/papers/60249
Dr Kevin Leman’s on birth order
Study into how birth order doesn’t affect compatibility
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/working/wp-2020-017.pdf
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