facts-about-love

Love

• Human brains are equipped with special neurons which enable us to locate each other's lips in the dark in order to kiss.
• People most likely fall in love with someone if they first meet in a dangerous situation.
• Adding parenthood to a romantic relationship often negatively impacts a woman’s overall happiness.
• Self-confidence is often thought to be one of the most attractive qualities in a person.
• Marital and relationship stress can lead to serious physical and mental health problems.
• The Celtic love knot is a unique love symbol which intertwines two ropes into a knot until they appear as one.
• Storge is the name of unconditional, familial love. This kind of love is protective and kinship-based. Storge is the love you feel for someone even when you don’t like them. It is usually driven by familiarity.
• Engagement rings are often worn on the fourth finger of the left hand because the ancient Greeks maintained that that finger contains the vena amoris, or the “vein of love,” that runs straight to the heart.
• A study found that good sex triggers the region of the brain associated with falling in love.
• Only 1% of crushes translate into a relationship.
• Falling in love is much like taking a dose of cocaine, as both experiences affect the brain similarly and trigger a similar sensation of euphoria.
• The divorce rates overall are currently falling, but they are rising in couples over the age of 50.
• Second marriages have a higher divorce rate at 67%, while 75% of third marriages end in divorce.
• Couples who sleep naked are reported to be more content in their relationships.
• Eros is the name for romantic and passionate love, including lust and pleasure. It’s usually found at the beginning of a new relationship.
• A male penguin will search an entire beach just to present his mate with the perfect pebble.
• When you kiss someone mouth to mouth, you exchange approximately 80 million bacteria. Couples who kiss at least 9 times daily may share an identical bacteria community orally.
• We tend to fall in love with someone who looks like ourselves.
• The most searched for tutorial on YouTube is “How to kiss.”
• Couples who get married between the ages of 28 and 32 are statistically less likely to get divorced.