> Liking someone is based on how similar we are in aesthetics, politics, philosophy, and world view I’m a pretty social person, and have great relationships bo

> Liking someone is based on how similar we are in aesthetics, politics, philosophy, and world view I’m a pretty social person, and have great relationships both at work and outside of work: this list you’ve provided made me recoil in disagreement. The first two items are aesthetics and politics!? Even philosophy and world view I cannot strongly agree with. Not saying that this isn’t true for you, and that’s genuinely fine. But I wouldn’t agree that you can generalize your preferences in relationships to others if the quoted sentence is genuinely true. Mutual respect, friendliness, interest, shared experiences come to mind for me, though I admittedly typed that up in a few seconds without thinking very much about it.