True love ‘takes couples a year to achieve’

SCIENTISTS have poured water on the notion of love at first sight by claiming that it takes couples up to a year to achieve “true love”.

True love ‘takes couples a year to achieve’

A team from Bath University found that consummate love, commonly known as true love, takes around 12 months to develop in the average relationship.

The scientists studied relationships on an online dating agency - Match.com - over a six-month period.

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