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What I s Roman t i c At t rac t ion?

Romantic attraction is a little like a magnet that pulls us closer to another person. It’s hard to resist!

line beside him, and instead of talking easily to him about her day, like she always had before, she stumbled over her words; to cover her nervousness, she laughed too loud. Afterward, she cringed, remembering, and felt like an idiot. What was going on? Why was it suddenly so difficult to act normal around someone who had been her friend for over a year? WHAT IS ROMANTIC ATTRACTION? Sarah is feeling the beginnings of romantic attraction. She’s young enough that it’s still a new feeling for her, but in a few years, she’ll be far more familiar with this emotion. When a person feels romantic attraction to another person, she wants to be closer to that person, both physically and emotionally.