what makes people fall in love (have thoes feelings)?

Question: what makes people fall in love (have thoes feelings)?
- Keywords:
  fall,
  feelings,
  love
Asked by leewwh to David, Helen, Ian, rhysphillips, Sarah on 15 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by opolotjwh, kapayaewh.
- Rhys Phillips answered on 14 Jun 2011:
  
  It’s all to do with hormones.
- Helen Fletcher answered on 14 Jun 2011:
  
  Hormones and ultimately the desire to pass your genes on (even if you don’t know it)
- David Corne answered on 14 Jun 2011:
  
  Here’s my theory: Falling in love is exactly like trying to open one of those suitcases that have several different rings that each have to be set to a specific number. Because of the way your brain is wired, a certain combination of things all coming together will set you off (maybe a few different combinations). Once all those things are present in a person you encounter (e.g. knobbly knees, a love of science, glasses, white teeth) there is a cascade of neurotransmitters in your brain that sets you to “love mode”. Some people have very poor combinations and will fall in love with anyone. Others spend many years looking for just the right person. Those are the sort of people with extremely safe suitcases.
- Ian van der Linde answered on 15 Jun 2011:
  
  Cupid’s arrow! – No! Love is there to let us bond with somebody who we would perhaps one day like to have children with – it’s all part of finding a mate! Remember, our bodies are just a vehicle for carrying our genes around – it’s our genes that are in control of us really, and that tell us that we’d like to fall in love and have children so that they can continue to exist in those children! Their objective is to find another set of genes that fits with our set of genes to make the best possible combination.