swallowed by a chemistry bird

Listening to the radio this morning I learned something new to me; it is called the 'Liking Gap'. Wikipedia gives it clearly:

The liking gap is the disparity between how much a person believes that another person likes them, and that other person's actual opinion. Studies have found that most people underestimate how much other people like them and enjoy their company

So if I meet a new person and we have a good conversation, the gap is that I do not think that person likes me as much as compared to how much that person likes me. The researcher on the radio show had done a study that was based on earlier studies, to determine if or how the liking gap is changed for people who speak English as a second language. The actual experiment had people give ratings from 0-100, for example, how well do I think I did in the conversation, and how much I feel the person I spoke with liked me.

There was a 15 point gap on average that was measured, so I would think you like me 15 points below how much you actually like me. The study that included the English second language component also showed there was a bigger gap for women.