What Makes a Man Fall in Love?
Why we can't let love in until you've shown us the way -- and the simple words that can unleash our deepest affections.
 

Question: Guys, do you believe you've met your soul mate?
Yes, I'm with her right now.................................. 53 Percent  Yes, but we're no longer together:........................ 14 Percent Yes, but we were never together as a couple:......... 9 Percent       No:.......................................................................... 24 Percent

Think of a great relationship as though it were a great meal: A delicious, meaty steak of sexual passion accompanied by a fine, delicate wine of romance and commitment. Both of us want it all -- the perfect, satisfying course. And we need both -- steak by itself is dry and unsatisfying; and wine will get you tipsy, but it won't satisfy your hunger. Now, before the metaphor police revoke my license, let me simply push this analogy a little further: Men are a little more focused on the meat of the relationship, and women a bit more on the wine. But both sexes want to get up from the table completely satisfied. Need evidence? More than three-fourths of men believe in soul mates (see above). And when we asked our guys to choose between meeting the love of their life or having amazing sex for six months, 92 percent chose falling in love. (The other 8 percent were probably Maxim readers.) Consider what these three men said about the experience of falling in love:

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