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The Three Stages of Falling in Love

“Before you can grow up, you must fall in love three times…” My colleague in office is quite a philosopher sometimes. His name is Paul, so we call the manure he spews out Paulosophy. He is particularly bullish on love, and recently he gave us some gnana that I feel is worth writing down. So here goes… There are three stages of love, according to the sage Paul. And one may experience all three or any combination thereof. The first stage is during the teenage years, around the age of 14 to 16. True love at this stage is not possible. It most probably is an infatuation, or your sex drive overpowering your thinking. This kind of love seeks attention, gets intimidated by others, is jealous and selfish rather than selfless and is soon lost with age like the bubbles from an open can of coke, leaving a bitter dank liquid behind. The person is too young to understand relationships, too unsure of himself to really love a person selflessly, and life is too full of opportunities to