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• Momentary Love: This is the kind of love that swells within you in the middle of moments; the kind of love that occurs when you are sitting with a
friend and everything goes quiet. You look at them and your cells burst with happiness and gratitude for them. You feel lucky that they are in your
life.
• Switch Love: This kind of love is like a light-switch. One moment, you are completely enamoured with someone. However, once they do
something to hurt you, or they say something or act in a way that turns you off, suddenly, all feeling is lost for them. You are almost repulsed by them
at this point and the relationship may even end as a result.
• Curious Love: This kind of love is never strong at first. There is a gentle curiosity that bubbles within you. You do not love this person, but you
know you could grow to love them. You know that they would treat you well and you’re curious to discover more about them.

In this chapter we will find out about the essentials of what love really is and what happens in our bodies that makes us fall in love. We'll also look at what
attracts us to someone in the first place. Is it their pheromones, or do they just fit the right "love model?"

WHAT IS LOVE?

If you've ever been head over heels in love with someone, you will at some time have compared the feelings with those of addiction. As it turns out,
scientists are discovering that s similar chemical process takes place with addiction that takes place when we fall in love. Love is a chemical state of
mind that is part of our genes and influenced by our upbringing.

“When you look at love, you're looking into the face of appreciation.”

Throughout the history of mankind, we as a world culture have made love out to be mysterious, complex, difficult, and beyond definition. Maybe there’s a fear
that if we define it, it would somehow be less powerful... less exhilarating. Maybe we like the mystery of it. But is it really that complicated? Perhaps the
complications surrounding love come from all the “stuff” we add on to this powerful emotion.

Romantic love both exhilarates and motivates us. It is also critical to the continuation of our species. Without the attachment of romantic love, we would live
in an entirely different society that more closely resembled some of those social circles in the animal world. The chemicals that race around in our brain when
we're in love serve several purposes, not least of which is the continuation of our species. Those chemicals are what make us want to form families and have
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