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romantic love

romantic love Romantic love is a strongly exclusive attachment to a particular person, usually marked by pleasure in that person’s presence, distress at separation, and deep concern for the person’s well-being.

Romantic love is a strongly exclusive attachment to a particular person, usually marked by pleasure in that person’s presence, distress at separation, and deep concern for the person’s well-being. In this historical psychological account, it is distinguished from friendship or fraternal affection by a stronger element of longing or desire and by greater mental restlessness when the loved person is absent.