The topic reminds me of the lyrics to Ana Ng by TMBG: http://www.metrolyrics.com/ana-ng-lyrics-they-might-be-giants.html http://www.metrolyrics.com/ana-ng-lyric

The topic reminds me of the lyrics to Ana Ng by TMBG: http://www.metrolyrics.com/ana-ng-lyrics-they-might-be-giants.html http://www.metrolyrics.com/ana-ng-lyrics-they-might-be-giant... There's a whole area of maths devoted to finding the ideal partner and related topics, called optimal stopping theory. The Secretary Problem is particularly relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem