Sex/Love

Why We Mistake Sexual Chemistry For Genuine Love In Relationships

And how to recognize the differences.

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Heart Affairs

4 min readMay 11

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Affection, tenderness, kinship, admiration, and devotion. These are some descriptions of what ‘love’ means, respectively. Love expressed between human beings is the act of caring for one another — being attached to a concern for their welfare.

Michelle Brown

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