Most people fall in love twice, study finds

A Kinsey Institute survey of 10,036 single adults aged 18–99 found 30.3% reported falling in love twice and 14.2% said they had never experienced passionate love.

Researchers at the Kinsey Institute report that many people experience passionate love more than once. The team surveyed 10,036 single adults aged 18 to 99 and asked how many times they had been passionately in love. The study, published in the journal Interpersona, found a plurality of respondents reported two such experiences. The authors described passionate love as episodic and noted it often occurs only a few times across a lifetime. Key findings: - The survey asked participants how many times in their lifetime they had been passionately in love and included 10,036 single adults aged 18 to 99. - Respondent breakdown: 14.2% never, 27.8% once, 30.3% twice, 16.8% three times, and 10.9% four or more times. - Older participants reported slightly more passionate love experiences than younger participants. - The lead author, Dr Amanda Gesselman, and colleagues concluded that passionate love is common at the population level but occurs infrequently for individuals. - The results were published in the journal Interpersona. Summary: The survey results suggest that most people experience passionate love more than once but typically only a few times across their lives. Undetermined at this time.