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"I was talking to a good friend of mine last week about the whole dating thing, and I mentioned to her that I&amp;#039;m not really having any trouble finding someone who can be a good companion - at least in the short-term - and I&amp;#039;ve even found a few that I&amp;#039;m interested in on a physical level. I think the problem is finding one who can be both to me.  After decades with someone, I know that the butterflies and skyrockets of a new relationship fade out over time, and if you&amp;#039;re doing it right, they become deeper, stronger, replaced with something that puts butterflies and skyrockets to shame. That&amp;#039;s not to say the chemisty isn&amp;#039;t there anymore, but it doesn&amp;#039;t have that same electricity it had when everything was new and undiscovered with each other. After the fireworks fade, you&amp;#039;d better have something solid in the way of companionship to keep you interested. So when I say it isn&amp;#039;t the be-all, end-all if some guy doesn&amp;#039;t give me butterflies just looking at him, please know I mean that sincerely. I don&amp;#039;t need to turn into some giggly teenager at the mere thought of a guy to be sold on him. I&amp;#039;m old enough and wise enough to know that sometimes, there&amp;#039;s a lot more there than you can take at face value. That being said, is it so wrong to hope for it anyway - that kind of chemistry, I mean? It&amp;#039;s been a whole lot of years since I&amp;#039;ve had butterflies. I&amp;#039;d sure like to feel them again, oh, I don&amp;#039;t know, sometime before I&amp;#039;m dead maybe. That would be nice. And if he can hold his own in a conversation and likes to watch bad Sci-Fi movies, I think I will have found a keeper. What&amp;#039;s your experience been like? Is it hard to find chemistry plus companionship? Or have you found yourself sacrificing one for the other? [Follow Ellie on Facebook and Twitter] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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