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Like most young couples, you probably felt that strong desire to be with your special

someone every day, every moment of every day, but over time that passion can start to fade and if you're feeling that way right at this moment

you've come to the right place. I'm John Fuller along with Greg and Aaron Smalley

they run our marriage department and Greg how many years into a marriage do you see

most couples starting to kind of do that drift apart thing yeah and there's an actual

answer to this a scientific answer I was asking for just a professional observation.

I'm giving you the real legitimate answer. I can Google this. According to researchers, sort of that

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