I understand that if a couple likes each other then the more contact they have with each other the more those feelings will grow, both positive & negative. Familiarity breeds contempt but also concern & love.  However it appears that a new study has identified that office romances are not the done thing anymore?  These studies do seem to yield results that the researchers want so I am not going to put too much trust in this one either.

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surviving romantic rejection can be challenging, depending on how long the romance actually lasted & how intense the romance was.  A new study has identified that Love is similar to a drug addiction & so rejection can be a cold turkey that hits you from left field.  Of course the study didn’t mention that if the romance has gone past its expiry date that it can be a relief. And that chocolate has incredible antidote properties for romantic rejection, not sure how it holds up for drug addiction but women all over the world can testify to its amazing properties when facing romantic rejection.

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they have now quantified what the social cost of love is and it appears to equal the loss of 2 friends.  It makes you think is it worth the cost and if love doesn’t work out do you get those 2 friends back?  A new study published this week has identified the numbers but not totally identified the reasons this happens.

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a new study was published recently saying that one in five adults are in love with someone other than their partner.   Are so…many people are not fulfilled in their current relationship that they must find satisfaction with another partner?  Are they not committed enough to their current partner?  Or were they not selective enough when they initially got together?  Or have they changed so much whilst they have been in the relationship that their partner no longer fits as they did at the start?  This is amazing to me as I have preferred my own company to a relationship with anyone who is not a good match and whom I did not love.  Obviously I have been living in the dark, like a mushroom???

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romance may have been relegated to romantic comedies these days and ostensibly has changed considerably from the past.  However there is still a need for romance in our relationships.  If we have sacrificed adventure in life then we need to bring that spirit of adventure back into our romances. But it seems that we are marching ever onwards continuing to remove the romance from our relationships?

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