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Emotional attraction

Some might say romantic comedies have a lot to answer for. Boy meets girl, drama ensues and boy loses girl. Then boy gets girl, they have a few laughs and live happily after.

Life doesn’t always work out like that. But what if there was a way to stack the deck, to increase the chances of finding your soulmate and that seemingly elusive happily ever after?

There is definitely a special something that sets lasting relationships apart from those that falter due to life’s stressors or other circumstances. That special something is building trust and intimacy. It’s a deep soul connection to another human, and it’s called emotional attraction.

Unlike a set of well-defined biceps or a dazzling smile that makes you weak at the knees, it is something you can’t touch. That is physical attraction, which is how someone perceives another in terms of physical beauty.

“The bond of love is a loving thing. If we don’t attend to it, it naturally begins to wither.”

Physical attraction can also be tied to sexual attraction or desirability, but not always. Emotional and physical

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