So how long do you think true love lasts? Forever? Perhaps. Switch to the next question. How long do you think passionate love lasts? Forever? Gotcha! Unfortunately, passionate love, according to researchers, comes with a timeline, which is significantly shorter than true love. According to studies, passionate heart pounding love lasts just under twelve months!

Enjoy It While It Lasts

That tingly feeling of love that people first experience when they fall in love and share the first moments together are at the peak during the start, and slowly start fading away. It’s no wonder most people cuddle up a lot more, instead of petting each other with passion, as the years crawl by. Italian researchers found that the chemical responsible for the intoxicating sense of being in love disappeared after a year even in couples who said that they still felt passionately about one another. In the tests that were conducted, it was seen that the couples who were still in the first few months of intense love had high levels of protein called Nerve Growth Factor (NGF). This made them feel flushed, nervous and excited. Those who reported the most intense emotions were also found to have the highest amount of the proteins.

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You might fall for a man for many reasons but one of the most apparent reasons to flip hard for a man may be his face. It has been seen that young women who are not looking for a serious relationship are more prone to fall for the men with masculine features that are prominent. Maybe that’s one of the reasons why girls love bad boys so much.

But on the other hand, women who are looking for a man with whom they want to spend their life with, usually look for softer features in men. They tend to prefer the cute baby faces any day over the rugged bad boys. This may be because women who are looking for a potential life partner want to go out with a man who has a face that shows care and love more than anything else. Sexual appeal is put aside, and more emphasis is put into aspects that show that he has a side to him that loves kids or can relate to them.

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