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Picture this – you’re dating someone new and while you’re sitting at home, a text comes through full of compliments and admiration.

 I really like you, the sweet message reads.

It’s a message many singletons receive early on in the dating stage.

And very quickly, a whirlwind romance begins.

Being swept off your feet and handed compliment after compliment, it sounds dreamy.

Sounds almost too good to be true – and maybe it is…

While intense, whirlwind romances may be perfectly innocent and normal – for some, they come with a darker side.

43% of adults have admitted being love bombed

The term love bombing

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