to get to the point of enjoying him. Crap, I didn't mean to write a "book." Some of us women are complicated. For me, it has alot to do with psychological stuff. There are things I don't like about my body, but I'm the correct weight/height ratio with average looks. But, yes, with Aki all the "stuff" isn't there. I'm sure this is where men and women have some of same reasons for owning a doll Ok, here's my theory based of personal experience and ridiculous self study (potential book warning). GENERALLY SPEAKING (my quid pro quo), in relationships women seek to be esteemed/cherrished whereas men seek to be respected/accepted. Naturally when a woman is feeling cherrished, she throws out respect/admiration/praise towards her man. When a man is feeling respected (you're the bomb), he naturally esteems the woman (want to be knight in shining armor). The "In Love" experience is when both the woman and man believe (either accurately or naively) that their partner will meet the others need, so they're incredibly happy at that prospect, and consequently start unconsciously providing what the other needs in huge waves. Problem is that after time, for whatever reason, one or the other (usually both) will do something that will send a message "hey, he/she was inconsistent with what I thought because they didn't esteem me or show me respect in that situation." Now here is where things crash (although not immediately). GENERALLY SPEAKING, when the woman receives (or believes she's received) signs