Whether long or short: how long does love live?
Relationships in any couple go through five successive stages, according to American psychologists Allyn Bader and Peter Pearson, as told in the book "In Search of the Mythical Couple.
1. Merging
We feel we are one, we strive to please each other, to emphasize the similarities and not notice the differences.
2. Differentiation
We emerge from symbiosis and begin to notice differences, reestablish boundaries and look at each other more critically.
3. research
We explore our ability to "not be together": we spend our vacations apart, we go out with friends more often.
4. Convergence
Having strengthened our autonomy, we turn to each other again and re-establish relationships.
5. Cooperation and freedom.
We have a strong bond, we have reconciled our ideal perceptions with reality, and we are both confident of mutual love.
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