Everyone knows that at the beginning it happens all the time…and then, as relationships get longer, it doesn’t really any more. We say it’s because we’re too busy, or tired, or just not in the mood. But why does this important ‘mood’ disappear?
To understand excitement, we have to go back to the early days, when we were deeply in the mood pretty much every hour. What was exciting was our ability to touch, hold and stroke someone who wasn’t (yet) entirely within our reach: someone who was free to walk away – and yet miraculously was choosing not to do so.