Researchers are learning more about limerence, the term for obsessive, involuntary love that is often unreturned ...

Duration: Limerence is usually fleeting, whereas love grows over time. Intensity of Emotion: Limerence entails more intense and erratic emotions, whereas love involves a more stable emotional ...

In her latest film "Marry Me" (out Friday), Jennifer Lopez's character decides to marry a random concert-goer (Owen Wilson) she spots in the crowd. While it's a less-than-ordinary scenario, it raises ...

Is it love or limerence? Limerence refers to a state of attraction marked by intense longing, sometimes described as obsession. It goes deeper than a simple crush and can involve intrusive thoughts, ...

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Daria Snadowsky, whose Anatomy of a Single Girl is out today (Jan. 8), explains why we should all fall in limerence rather than love … Daria: Ever notice how all the words associated with falling in ...

If we’re honest with ourselves, we all have that one person we’ve always wondered about, or never quite been able to move on from. If it feels clichéd, it’s a clichéd for a reason —there’s something ...

Limerence involves an obsessive infatuation with a specific person. This individual’s feelings toward the person with limerence are typically unclear. This can cause the individual with limerence to ...

When David* logged onto my Zoom class in the spring 2021 semester of my senior year of college, I was elated. We’d “met” virtually in another class the previous semester, but lost touch during winter ...

As the adage goes, a crush is just a lack of information. But in the age of unlimited access to other people's lives, a crush is now a quest for information. "I don't feel like it crosses a boundary, ...