From the emotional highs and lows to the giddy feeling you get every time you so much as smell one of his shirts, you’ve long known that love is literally an intoxicating experience. Now, science has proof that this is more than just an expression: New research shows that oxytocin, which is often referred to as “the love hormone,” may have the same effect on your brain as booze. Of course, any woman who’s had a handful of intense dates and a novel's worth of Gchats and texts with a dude is more than familiar with this phenomenon. Here are six times your blood-alcohol level was zero but your oxytocin levels practically made you a menace to society.
1. When You Blew Your Life Savings On His Birthday Present and You’d Only Been Dating For a Month
It had only been four weeks, but you knew he was The One. Plus, that brand-new iPad totally screamed his name. Okay, okay, it was the romantic equivalent of buying 15 strangers a round of shots, but at least the iPad didn’t give you a horrible headache the next morning.
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2. When You Dry Humped Until 4 a.m.
You had to be in class at 8 a.m., so you meant to make last call that goodnight kiss at midnight...but those rock-hard biceps and the way he ran his hands all over your body made it impossible not to stick around for round after round of heart-racing goodness. You regretted nothing—until you looked at your alarm clock and realized you'd just logged four hours of pants-clad action. Oh, college.
3. When You Blew Off Important Plans to Do Something Silly With Him
You definitely needed to use that afternoon off to finally go to the DMV, and you had every intention of doing that...until he asked if you wanted to come over and play Guitar Hero with him. Whatever. You could just take public transportation until you had another chance to renew your license, and this definitely was not reminiscent of the time you missed Passover dinner with your family because you impulsively decided to go karaoke-ing after happy hour.
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4. When You Guys Shared Pizza and Nachos...As An Appetizer
Forget the beer munchies. Those dimples and that smile had you hungry for life and pretty much anything you two could think of to stuff your face with. Besides, what did you care about watching your figure? You were already certain that you’d be spending the rest of your life on the couch in sweatpants with this dreamboat.
5. When You Spent Six Hours on the Phone With Him
You normally despise talking on the phone and have been known to screen calls from your own mother, but once you guys started chatting about your childhoods and your hopes and dreams and favorite ice cream toppings, you became so engrossed in the conversation that you didn’t realize your phone was about to die—at which point you did the rational thing and sat next to a wall so you could plug it in and keep talking.
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6. When You Couldn't Stop Laughing At Every Single Thing He Said
There was no need to hit Pilates that week because you got all your core exercise in cackling at virtually every sentence that came out of his mouth. He was so funny, and you were so funny around each other, and you two had the giggles so badly that this was clearly a case of two comedic minds meeting...and not at all a clear sign that you’d both chugged a tall glass of “smitten.”
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