Feb 10
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Symptoms of Love : part 1
Ahh, love is in the air. It’s still the month of February, when our holiday du jour for lovers, well, one of them, not that other, Hallmark holiday called Sweetest Day that’s somewhat of a crock if you ask me, I’m talking about St. Valentines Day, happens. We read all about love in this month. The news is peppered with romantic stories, ideas of what to get your loved one for the holiday, advertisements about different gifts ranging from flowers to chocolates to erotic lingerie and sex toys. And, naturally, you start to think about love.
It got me thinking about the symptoms of love. You know, you’ve all felt them when you first start to fall in love with someone. Of course, the intensity of these feelings does not last forever, and they do tend to go the way of the dodo bird after about one year according to most scientific studies, but the euphoria and feelings of utter and total bliss are real and true, and you’d better enjoy them while they last at such a high intensity!
We all have heard the typical cliches about falling in love and the physical feelings and side effects that go with this natural occurrence in life. The weak knees, the butterflies in your stomach every time you see them or hear their voice, the racing of your heart at the their touch, the dryness of your mouth as you speak out of nervousness and ruining a perfectly perfect moment, the chills that run down your spine when they touch you with even the lightest touch, it’s like something out of a romance novel.
And there is a reason for it. It’s very appealing, and it’s the closest thing to pure, unadulterated, and unaided bliss that we feel in our adult lives without the help of drugs. That’s why love can be so addicting, and even if you know someone is bad for you in the long run, someone that gives you those types of feelings can be so difficult to give up on.
