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Why/Why not?

I usually see my boyfriend 2x a week but lately we’ve both been super busy and we haven’t seen each other at all in about two weeks+ (we still talk daily). At first I miss him like crazy whereas he was the opposite - he’s too buried in his work and he didn’t have time to really miss me. Then after a while I got used to not seeing him and stopped missing him whereas now he’s missing me so much and he’s saying it just gets worse as we spend even more days apart.

So absence seems to make HIS heart grow fonder but not mine… how do you guys and girls feel about this?

Let me give you an example: you have a brief romance with someone, but then you’re not able to physically see them again for, say, a year and a half to two years because you live in different countries and there’s travel restrictions, border closures, etc. You still see what they’re up to through social media, so it’s not like they’ve totally disappeared from your radar. Then, after a year or two, they reappear, you cross paths again, and have the opportunity to see them in person. Assuming they haven’t changed for the worst since then, do you think you would still be attracted to them? If so, do you think even more than you would have been if you’d seen them after only, say, six months to a year apart? Or would you no longer have any interest in them, do you need to physically be with someone on a constant, regular basis in order to stay attracted to them? I know it’s complicated and different for every person and every situation, but I know that it’s something a lot of people around the world are going through right now. What are your thoughts?