romance does not necessarily have to fade away in the long-term relationships and transform into a friendship-type love, according to a new study. romantic love can last a lifetime and lead to even happier, stronger and healthier relationships.

據(jù)一項新的研究稱，愛情并不一定由于長時間的相處而變淡，或是轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榕笥咽降膼矍椤＠寺膼矍榭梢猿掷m(xù)一生，還可以讓雙方關(guān)系更融洽，更牢固，更健康。

the study’s lead researcher, bianca p. acevedo, phd, from the university of california, santa barbara, said that many people identify romantic love as passionate love, which, in her opinion, is not true. the scientist explained that romantic love has the same intensity, involvement and sexual chemistry, that has the passionate love, with the exception of an obsession. obsessive love is always accompanied by feelings such as anxiety and uncertainty, and never survives for a long time.