“Romantic love is just a temporary neurochemical state—everything after two years is choice and habit, not love”
Agree
- Brain chemistry literally changes after honeymoon phase
- Long relationships are partnership not romance
- Passion fading is universal and biological
- Calling habit love cheapens the word
Disagree
- Mature love is deeper than infatuation
- Choice and commitment are love
- Chemistry evolves but doesn't disappear
- Reducing everything to biology misses meaning
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