"To explain why the environment of our ancestors "selected" limerence, we might consider the behavior it induces. Some limerence-inspired actions are socially undesirable, even socially disruptive. Limerence intrudes, deflecting interest from affairs of business, of state, even of family. In the midst of battle, the soldier's despair over a letter of rejection from LO is not forgotten. A king gives up his crown. An artist's career languishes. But such visible disadvantages should not constitute the sole basis of judgment. The most consistent result of limerence is mating, not merely sexual interaction but also commitment, the establishment of a shared domicile in the form of a cozy nest built for enjoyment of ecstasy, for reproduction, and for the rearing of children."
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"Love Madness" in Romantic Love and Sexual Behavior (De Munck, 1998), pp. 81-82
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Dorothy Tennov
Dorothy Tennov (August 29, 1928 – February 3, 2007) was an American psychologist who invented the term "limerence".
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