A new study finds this commonly held assumption just isn’t true. Couples can maintain the romance — defined as intensity, engagement and sexual chemistry — in long-term relationships. The findings of the study, published in the March issue of the Review of General Psychology, could help people strive for more satisfying long-term relationships and even persuade some jaded single people to give love a try. “The assumption that time kills romantic love may undermine people’s decisions even to enter into marriages,” the authors wrote.
