According To Experts, Here Are The Five Stages Of Love & Why So Many Relationships Fail At Stage 3

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Stage Four: Lasting Love

Once you push past stage three, you have a relationship built to last. The partner sees the bad and the ugly, and has decided to accept and love you for all your are, flaws included.

“There’s nothing more satisfying than being with a partner who sees you and loves you for who you are. They understand that your hurtful behavior is not because you are mean and unloving, but because you have been wounded in the past and the past still lives with you. As we better understand and accept our partner, we can learn to love ourselves ever more deeply,” Diamond explains.

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