Sure, I'm an old romantic. So I couldn't avoid posting this one
ScienceDaily (Dec. 14, 2011) — The ability to trust, love, and resolve conflict with loved ones starts in childhood -- way earlier than you may think. That is one message of a new review of the literature in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal published by the Association for Psychological Science.
""Your interpersonal experiences with your mother during the first 12 to 
18 months of life predict your behavior in romantic relationships 20 
years later," says psychologist Jeffry A. Simpson, the author, with 
University of Minnesota colleagues W. Andrew Collins and Jessica E. 
Salvatore. "Before you can remember, before you have language to 
describe it, and in ways you aren't aware of, implicit attitudes get 
encoded into the mind," about how you'll be treated or how worthy you 
are of love and affection." 

 
 
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