Sunday, April 12, 2009

The Seven-Year-Itch is True! (Actually, it's a Five-Year-Itch)


Did you know that when men first meet someone they are attracted to, they release dopamine - the addiction hormone. They are actually 'addicted' to the object of their desire (hence, the term 'love-sick) for a short time. This love sick feeling eventually goes away and dopamine is replaced by oxytocin (the 'cuddling hormone'). Oxytocin is what makes for a longer relationship, usually about five years, before it too wears off. It lasts just long enough for the pair bond to raise offspring then go their separate ways (seven year itch, anyone?). Also, this is about the time a toddler would be 'off' the mother's breast milk and she should start ovulating again, thus she would be searching out another mate as well. Since, society dictates that we cannot do what nature intended for us to do, it is important for women to reconnect with their mate by shaking it up in the bedroom and be every woman that her man would naturally desire. This is usually where women fall WAY short. Tisk, tisk!

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