Romantic love allows you to focus mating energy. Attachment sustains that relationship as long as necessary to raise your baby.
Helen FisherWhen you massage someone, the levels of oxytocin go up in the brain, and oxytocin is one of the chemicals that drives attachment.
Helen FisherLiberals and conservatives are looking for entirely different things. Their attitudes toward romance and how they court are really dramatically different. There's almost no overlap.
Helen Fisher