Been following this thread with interest, particularly your perspective, CapriUni. I am sorry that, as you stated, you have yet to experience romantic love... I hope and wish that it will come into your life soon!

A loving relationship with a compatible person is a wonderful thing, but it comes with (potentialy severe) drawbacks, one of which is exactly what you said: "the unexpected loss of emotional balance". This is due to changes in the body's hormone production; as I said above, minute chemical reactions that feel like earth-shattering upheavals. It would be interesting to explore the influence of our sense of smell, through pheromones, on whether or not we are attracteed to someone.

BTW, Amos invited me to review evidence that purports to prove wrong this point of view, but he didn't elaborate. Amos?

All the best,
Michael