那麼,這些玩咖情人最後的下場是什麼呢?根據多年來的玩咖研究(好友萬萬睡,Friends with benefits)(Bisson、Levine,2009;McConnell、Brown、Shoda、Stayton與Martin,2011;Quirk、Owen與Fincham,2014),那些心裡想說不要認真就不會受傷的人,在失去這段感情之後(例如炮友失聯),很多都還是受了傷──他們還是會難過、還是會失落,只是有些人,很快又跳到另一艘船(或很多艘船),飲鴆止渴(Brumbaugh、Fraley,2014;Spielmann、MacDonald與Wilson,2009)。
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