How to make a deeper romantic connection by understanding your attachment style

It's summer and peak season to find a partner. But what if you want more than a holiday romance? Here's how to make a deeper connection by understanding your attachment style

Pic: iStock

From leisurely walks in the park to giddy conversations over rapidly melting 99s, summer has a way of setting the stage for romantic encounters. It is a time when many singletons are to be found daydreaming about overseas adventures and new connections, a time when even the most reclusive can be lured out of their solo nests to flirt and mingle.

In this bustling season of networking and schmoozing, it’s remarkable how the theory of a certain British psychologist from the late 1950s has become a noteworthy landmark in the dating world. When it comes to making modern dating calculations, his attachment theory appears to sit right up there with relationship quizzes and horoscopes (well, almost). The theory was first proposed by John Bowlby, and co-developed by his contemporaries, most notably, Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth.