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[quote=Mike_Spivey][quote=Anonymous]I like that article, especially because it pushes back against the idea that so many of our feelings and actions are mere evolutionary adaptations. And I  think it is very sweet that he said he would drop everything and help out his first love. I always thought I stopped loving people with time and distance, but maybe I don’t.

Thanks for sharing, OP. [/quote]

Hello and happy Monday.

I wrote the article that was linked here — when the analytics to your blog go from 10 visitors a day to a specific post to 800, you tend to notice the traffic source which, of course, was this website.

I didn’t comment then but I wanted to share an update to your touching post and those that commented.  You mentioned where I wrote I’d drop everything to help out my first love. We both have done that many times for the other, which is what brought me here. This is from last week, when either of us is having challenges we have always being there for the other. Which, to me, was a driving reason I wrote this blog and which I’m currently writing about in my second book.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/gCQpHrmhG9rMEno9/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Love changes, of course. Even in romantic relationships dopamine seeks novelty, the “honeymoon stage.” When that wears off, 3-12 months usually, it shifts to content love versus the early spark where we have experienced being lit up by oxytocin, seratonin etc. Love is also indeed conditional. No partner stays is a 0% them 100% the other person relationship forever. But true love is permanent. I can’t state that strongly enough. The person in the picture I linked I’ve known since about ~12 and have loved as a human for 35 years. Despite a long period of time where we weren’t in touch because we had our own lives, I’d do anything for her.  I’ll love her (and a few others) until the day I die and if there’s something after that, until the very last star blinks out I will still love them. As cliche as that may sound, I’m also absolutely sure of it.

Thanks for finding this and for the touching posts.

Mike Spivey [/quote]

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