Overloaded!

Okay well work has been keeping me super busy,...and thats a good thing. I have heard from Cubana, she was checking up on me. I am not sure what that means, but it was via email and last for two go rounds....I let it go at that. It was idle chit chat, and apparently she has checked up on me via my bartender as well (a mutual friend)....we will see what happens in July,..when i suspect I may see her again. Time will tell...

So as an update today:

22 March 2006
LOVE AT 365TH SIGHT
TRUE ROMANCE 'TAKES A YEAR'
By Graham Brough

MANY old romantics will beg to differ...but scientists reckon there's no such thing as love at first sight.

In fact, they claim it takes a year for couples to find true romance.

So that knotted feeling in the stomach when you first spot the person you want to share the rest of your life with is not the real thing, according to researchers.

True love is a "combination of passion, intimacy and commitment" which does not kick in until about 12 months into a relationship.

A study of 147 couples who met through online dating agency Match.com found that 61 per cent had high levels of the three components - and most had been together a year.

Around 16 per cent experienced "companionate love", with intimacy and commitment but not much passion. Those who had just met or had not been together long were going through what the researchers from Bath University called non-love, with low levels of all three ingredients.


Study chief Dr Jeff Gavin said: "To date there has been no systematic study of relationships formed online. Love is an important predictor of success, stability and relationship satisfaction. It is a multi-faceted concept."

But the line "I think I'm falling in love with you, just give it a year" does not have the same romantic ring about it.

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