Hello @ruth-girl
What's a well written product of research work.
While agreeing with the various results of Hatfield surveys, I wanna add that I expect marriages to be turbulent during the first year as the parties are still learning themselves, and adapting to each others ways of life. I think that explained why both passionate and compassionate loves diminished in the first year of marriages. Then as the couples master themselves, their love for one another is rekindled once again. I think that was why both were found to increase once again after some years, as the couples, having adapted to one another, began to to appreciate each other.
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Hello there dear @sciencetech :)
Your insight is SO accurate! I actually shared with Ruth-girl a study that supports your idea of why love oscillates throughout a long term relationship:
You are ON it @sciencetech :D Well done :)
Thank you for stopping by!
Really. That's great to know