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There were real reasons that you were attracted to somebody originally. The brain doesn't pick willy-nilly. Unless you part ways hating each other for some reason, that mechanism could get triggered again. You can literally fall in love again.

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Helen Fisher
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 31
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