2007-06-18 07:16:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Ω :-) , you’ve already received wonderful answers, particularly from Eve and The Catalyst. (I’d give them “thumbs up” if I could….) If by ardent love, you mean the more commonplace affection that occasionally appears between people as they grow in life, yes. As devoted as it tries to be, ardent love has its limits.
However, there is an exceptionally rare and far more powerful force. This is sometimes referred to as True Love, but these words (or any others, in my knowledge) do not sufficiently contain or describe it. This bond/force/? isn't bound by organics or limited by biology. INDEED :-), I suspect it transcends limits of all kinds, including time.
2007-06-19 04:25:16 · answer #1 · answered by cbn 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you mean by ardent love. If you mean a high level of passion, well, it is that way with everything in life. If you long to own a certain automobile and finally get one you will most likely become used to it and feel far less desire for it than you did.
The same with a mate. At the beginning you cannot get enough of each other. But after a while, familiarity leads to a relaxation of the tension and you fall into a normal level of passion.
As time goes by, you become less and less sexually passionate. But this is replaced by something much better. You become close. You and you mate become each others best friend. You rely on each other. You take care of each other. You understand each other. You become dedicated to each other like no other relationship. Nothing can come between you.
The best part is when you come back after making an ****** of yourself there is someone there to apologize to.
Love is like a fire. At first it burns bright and hot then it cools and becomes comfortable. Then it smolders for a long, long time providing warmth and peace.
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2007-06-18 07:28:48 · answer #2 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ultimately, everyone feels like something is missing. Some people have even said that a sense of "home" is missing.
We try to fill the void with "things" even different "mates", yet the nagging empty feeling continues.
This could be that we have the attention span of a "Gnat" or it could be that we have wandered too far away from our essential nature...the simplicity of being. Few words can describe this being-ness, but I think you know what I mean. ;)
A "Conscious" relationship can be maintained, but they are very rare. Wellwood's "Journey of the Heart" gives some great insight into (conscious) intimate relationship. Good stuff!
2007-06-18 09:28:50 · answer #3 · answered by Eve 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is a hot topic of debate among psychologists. There have been studies done on this, but when you are dealing with human emotions and relationships it is very hard to create a good experiment. You have no control group, it's hard to see the begining stages of the relationship, and it's very hard to keep people coming back for 20+years for a solid experiment.
The research out there does suggest there are different sets of chemicals in the beginning stages of love than there are in the later stages, but relationships are not formed around these chemical changes. There are many examples of loving relationships lasting 50+ years.
2007-06-18 08:43:09 · answer #4 · answered by shortstop42000 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, I don't pretend to know anything about biochemicals (;-)) but I think that people's interests and opinions change over time and just gradually begin to grow apart from each other. It's a shame though.
2007-06-18 07:44:19 · answer #5 · answered by yumyum 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Serotonin is released only for two years, if you are looking for passionate love with your..."mate,"
but true love exist beyond the limit of biological you.
2007-06-18 09:41:58 · answer #6 · answered by The Catalyst 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what?????
2007-06-18 08:54:28 · answer #7 · answered by armiki66 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋