(Clayton Echard, anyone?)

Regardless of age, people are looking for friendship, companionship, and similar interests and values.

[Relationships] in old age are less about co-creating and more about maintaining, says Dr. Manly.

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Plenty of things could affect that partner selection at any age, with love being just one of them.

In fact, says Dr. Manly, older isnt necessarily anywiserin the love department, either.

Its a process as timeless as love itself.

Two people’s legs touch under a table as they work on their laptops.

clinical psychologist, life fulfillment expert, and author ofDate Smart,Joy From Fear, andAging Joyfully

2, 1974, pp.

18290.JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27844813.

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Books on grief are seen floating against a backdrop of clouds.

Esch, Tobias, and George B Stefano.

The Neurobiology of Love.Neuro endocrinology lettersvol.

26,3 (2005): 175-92.

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The Neurobiology of Love.FEBS Letters, vol.

14, 2007, pp.

Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon, and Leslie Bibb in The White Lotus, symbolizing toxic friendships.

clinical psychologist, life fulfillment expert, and author ofDate Smart,Joy From Fear, andAging Joyfully

2575-2579, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2007.03.094.

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