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Art by Jun Cen. Once upon a time, in the Pony Expresso cafe in Seattle, a man and a woman began to experience the long-mysterious but increasingly scientifically investigated thing we call love. The first stage is called "limerence." This is the spine-tingling, heart-twisting, can't-stop-staring feeling, when it seems as though the world stops ...
Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. [ 1] An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love of food.
Of the over six million articles in the English Wikipedia there are some articles that Wikipedians have identified as being somewhat unusual. These articles are verifiable, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia, but are a bit odd, whimsical, or something one would not expect to find in Encyclopædia Britannica.
Adventures in Boyhood by Jay Ellis. penguinrandomhouse.com. $29.00. More. When your military childhood means 12 different schools in 13 cities, perhaps the most reliable friend you’ll have is ...
Based on the content of that review, they proposed a biological definition of romantic love: [ 1] Romantic love is a motivational state typically associated with a desire for long-term mating with a particular individual. It occurs across the lifespan and is associated with distinctive cognitive, emotional, behavioral, social, genetic, neural ...
Myths. There are nine solid myths proposed by Carlos Yela García that are socially accepted as natural qualities of romantic love: Myth of the better half: that the person one has chosen to couple with was predestined and was the only or best possible option. [ 1] Myth of exclusiveness: a person can only feel love for one person at the same time.
Triangular theory of love. The triangular theory of love is a theory of love developed by Robert Sternberg. In the context of interpersonal relationships, "the three components of love, according to the triangular theory, are an intimacy component, a passion component, and a commitment component." [ 1]
Through practicing love, and thus producing love, the individual overcomes the dependence on being loved, having to be "good" to deserve love. He contrasts the immature phrases "I love because I am loved" and "I love you because I need you" with mature expressions of love, "I am loved because I love", and "I need you because I love you." [33]