2. You actually like the drama.
Some people become addicted to “the chase.” It can become so intoxicating that they prefer the pain of unrequited love to the sacrifices involved in a real relationship. The fantasy becomes more important than its fulfillment. The culmination of a love relationship can bring us back to a sobering sense of reality. The glamor fades and mundane life sets in again.
This is the appeal of unrequited love is for some people. If they prolong the chase then they don’t have to face the anticlimactic sense of coming down off of the romantic high. It stimulates high drama, providing the ideal antidote to any boredom that may be lurking around in our lives.
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