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Fatal attraction

Be careful what you wish for!

Diana Jackson-Dwyer outlines one explanation for why some relationships fail

The letters on this page, although humorous, describe a relationship status which can have serious and long-lasting implications for those involved.

Psychologist Diane Felmlee has an interesting hypothesis about why some relationships fail. She uses the expression ‘fatal attraction’ to describe a situation in which the characteristics which initially attract someone to a certain individual are the very ones that eventually lead to disenchantment.

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