The Physical Side of Falling in Love

My sweetheart forwarded this to me...Probabily she could not understand her heart...

"Why Do My Insides Go All Funny?" Falling in love is both a mental and a physical process. Some of the firsttechniques you will learn ignite your Quarry's physical response to youbefore his or her brain catches up. We will put love through thebrain-scanner and under the x-ray machine to examine what physically happensto your Quarry when he or she starts to feel that incredible sensationcalled love. "Does Somebody Have to Be Pea-Brained to Fall in Love with Me?" As a matter of fact, yes. Scientists tell us only PEA-brained people fall inlove. At the core of infatuation, they speculate, is a chemical calledphenyl ethylamine, or PEA. It is a chemical cousin of amphetamines and givesa similar "kick." PEA comes from secretions through the nervous system andbloodstream that create an emotional response equivalent to a high on drugs.This is the chemical which makes your heart palpitate, your hands sweat, andyour insides go all funny. (It is rumored that PEA can also make you want torip your Quarry's clothes off at the first available opportunity.)Phenylethylamine, scientists say, along with dopamine and norepinephrine, ismanufactured in the body when we first feel the physical sensations ofromantic love. It is as close to a natural high as the body can get. (ColePorter obviously knew what he was singing about when he wrote "I get a kickout of you.") The bad news is that the kick doesn't last forever, or evenfor very long. This adds to the quickly mounting scientific evidence thatromantic love is relatively short-lived. That's why some people become "lovejunkies." The good news is that it does last long enough to kick-start greatlove affairs. Its average one-and-a-half to three-year duration is plenty oftime to have a fantastic fling, get him or her to say "I do," and/orpropagate the species. Now, since you can't go around armed with a syringefilled with phenylethylamine, spot your Quarry, and inject the PEA-filledtube into his or her bloodstream, you do the next best thing. You developtechniques to trigger PEA-brained responses in people and give them thesensation that they are falling in love. "Why Do We Fall in Love with One Person and Not Another?" People don't just mysteriously wake up one morning with an overdose of PEAin their brains and then develop a crush on the next person they set eyeson. No, PEA and its sister chemicals are precipitated by emotional andvisceral reactions to a specific stimulus. Like what? It can be a whiff ofher perfume, the boyish way he says hello, or the adorable way she wrinklesher nose when she laughs. It could even be an innocuous article of clothingyou're wearing that drives your Quarry bonkers. For example, in 1924 ConradHilton, the founder of the Hilton hotel chain, flipped over a red hat tha the spotted sitting five pews in front of him in church. After the services,he followed the red hat down the street and eventually married the ladywalking under it.