Seasons of Love: Is it Possible for the Honeymoon to Last Forever? (Season 1)
Most of us at least once experienced the chemistry of romantic love, accompanied with shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat and lightness in the head.
The Honeymoon stage of any relationship is probably the most exciting one, but also the most superficial. At this stage your partner seems flawless and you cannot imagine your life without them. You are convinced that this time you definitely found the love of your life and you get mad at your friends and family for questioning your judgment and sanity.
Romance novel authors are deeply fond of this stage of relationship. They love to describe unrealistic characters and their passion to each other. Not many people would buy novels which are full of marital problems, fights and boredom since they have enough of these in their real life. But cheesy romance novels sell, because they illustrate the romantic fantasy that many people, especially women, often have.
While these novels may seem like a harmless way to relax, they may be damaging to real life relationships. The readers start consciously and subconsciously crave the same passion and romance that they see in the novels and if they don’t get it in their everyday lives, they start questioning whether they chose the right person to be with.
But lightheadedness and rapid heartbeat don’t last forever. It doesn’t matter how much you are in love with each other, you cannot control the physiological responses of your body. It is all about protein levels, neurobiology and body chemistry and not about actual love.
Shortness of breath and rapid heartbeat when you see your loved one will eventually go away, but it doesn’t mean that your relationship should be over. Unless you are OK looking for new partners every year (that’s how long scientists say romantic love stage usually lasts), you should never leave your partner just because you don’t feel dizzy looking at him anymore. The super-exciting stage of love may be gone, but there are so many other things in mature relationships one should be looking for.
Seasons of Love: From Honeymoon to Power Struggle (Season 2)
