In the second carriage, Miss Douce’s wet lips said, laughing in the sun. He’s looking. Mind till I see.
This study examines how men and women define romantic love. It uses surveys to find some commonalities and differences among residents in the US, Lithuania and Russia.
Researchers found that residents of all three countries listed “being together” as their top requirement of romantic love. From there, the notion of romantic love seemed to diverge with the US respondents having different views than Lithuanian and Russian counterparts. The importance of friendship in romantic love and the time it takes to perceive falling in love are two key differences in how people see romantic love. The idea that romantic love was temporary and inconsequential was frequently cited by Lithuanian and Russian respondents unlike the Americans.
Expressions of ‘comfort/love’ and ‘friendship’ were frequently cited by the U.S. informants and seldom to never by the Eastern European informants. Results suggested it takes Americans longer to fall in love.
