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From: Vince Tilroe <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] rs53576
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:05:49 -0700
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rs53576=GG, single (never married, but available), few friends IRL, and
very much an INTP, rarely leaving the house; also a techie by trade. Also,
don't care much for politics. Not sure if this helps.

VT

On 22 November 2011 12:27, Asparagirl <> wrote:

> About the "assortive mating" question -- I just checked, and indeed,
> my husband and I are both AG. Not a surprise to me. We are both very
> happy to do solitary activities and stay around the house. Friendly,
> but certainly not party animals or barflys. And I have long liked to
> make the joke that I'm not anti-social, just asocial -- perfectly
> happy to do my own thing. To me, being an outgoing GG type sounds
> like it must be exhausting...
>
> I would be interested in seeing a study of the occupations of AG and
> AA folks. Betcha there's lots of fellow IT people, scientists, etc.
> And conversely, probably lots of politicians with GG.
>
> (Deletions or mutations in the OXTR genes have previously been
> implicated in some cases of heritable OCD and autism, and the
> IT-autism connection is practically a cliche at this point.)
>

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