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Originally Posted by Talthybius
Mature love is no more and no less chemical/hormones.
I understand that a parent losing a child is much more severe than a failed crush. But a deep bond between two people that have known each other for a long time, be it a romantic bond or not, that isn't something you are forced to think about every moment your mind wavers off.
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Mature love is a choice, and a commitment. What people tend to think of as love, that initial feeling of can't-get-enough and totally being into the other person is a combination of dopamine, oxytocin, I think serotonin and probably other neurotransmitters...no less important in the establishment of mature love (they're important for bonding), but really, that "feeling" is more infatuation, and it fades.