From phycology today.
“Love remains something we all long for, at least on the receiving end, but that we also seem to have so much trouble finding, or recognizing—or holding onto. And sometimes, letting go of.”
From Single Again
“The function, the necessity for sexual drive, the impulse to protect our young, the impetus to hunt and protect in the male, the mothering instinct in the female, these reasons are obvious.
Why should we feel such an intense desire, or need, to bond with one particular individual?
Why are humans and some animals programmed with an instinct to pair bond? What is the purpose of this phenomenon?
In other words, why do we actually need to fall in love?”
The precursor to love, sexual attraction is normally based on the perceived abilities of our partner to fulfil specific primitive functions – to provide and protect in the male and to bear children in the female.
Simply put, the emotion of falling in love is a human genetic device, a biological trick, designed by nature to ensure a better chance for the propagation and continuance of our species…”