The extent to which you have been dealt testosterone directly correlates to your desire to have sex, Love said. Although testosterone generally is associated with men, women also have the hormone, usually to a lesser amount. There also are those who fall in the middle Moderate-Ts. Moderate-Ts often experience a higher degree of desire at certain times of the month. The level of free-roaming testosterone you have is the extent to which you will want to have sex, Love said.
Love relationships go through four stages infatuation, post rapture, discovery and connection.
The infatuation stage is nature s way of getting us to meet, mate and pro-create, Love said. It is nature s way of getting us to mate with a preferred partner. The infatuation stage includes attraction and falling in love, but it also brings on what Love calls nature s love potion. This combination of pheromones causes heightened interest, feelings of euphoria, increased energy, loss of appetite, a lowering of defenses and an increased libido. It makes you feel high, Love said.