You feel strong chemistry — and then the same frustrations repeat. If this pattern sounds familiar, it may not be about “bad choices,” but about how attraction gets wired.

Strong attraction does not always signal long-term compatibility. This essay explores why intensity and stability often move at different speeds.

Do you lose interest just as a relationship starts to deepen? Sometimes fading attraction isn’t about incompatibility — it’s about how we respond to vulnerability.

Sometimes the hardest dating question isn’t whether you feel something — it’s whether what you feel fits the life you want to build. Clarifying the difference between attraction and values can ease internal conflict.

Is this chemistry grounded in real connection — or in imagination and projection? Understanding the difference between fantasy-driven arousal and relational attraction can change dating decisions.