Just my type: why new partners are often like exes

Study suggests people's current and former partners tend to be similar in character

When a friend or relative introduces their new partner, it can seem like a case of deja vu. Now research has backed up what many have long suspected: people really do have a type when it comes to coupling up.

Psychologists say they have found that people tend to go for partners with personalities similar to their own, and that even when this is taken into account, people's former and new partners tend to be alike in character. In other words, it might not be a complete surprise that your friend's new boy- or girlfriend seems just as obnoxious as the last.