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March 15, 2002

Strange But True!

  • A weekly column of incidental information, off-the-wall observations and other random facts about the world.
    • By BILL SONES and RICH SONES, Ph.D.
    Special to the Journal

    Q. If truth in advertising were required of matrimony, what statistical disclaimer might accompany the vow of love?

    A. The high of passionate love may be sustained for a few months, even a couple of years, but soon the giddy floatings on a cloud will fade, says David G. Myers in "Social Psychology." After four years, look out! Worldwide, notes anthropologist Helen Fisher, this is the peak divorce year. If the relationship is to last beyond that, it must settle into a steadier "companionate love."


     
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