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Facebook Sparks 'Retrosexual' Romance

Finding long-lost love just got a whole easier—and more high-tech

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(Newser) – When it comes to reconnecting with a long-lost love, high school reunions are so 20th century. Many instead are turning to Facebook to track down a former flame, Time reports. “Facebook makes it easier for you to take that first step of finding someone again," says a Columbia psychology research scientist. “It has finally provided a way for people to reach out to someone without fear of rejection.” And it’s also spawned a term for recycled love: Retrosexuals.

Now that the social networking site is skewing older, Facebook has found new life as a dating service. One Chicago woman found the first boy she ever kissed—and married him. “I don’t know why I looked him up” 22 years after meeting at summer camp, she says. But after dating again, they found love. “And to think, I worried that we’d spend the whole evening talking about summer camp,” she jokes.

Long-lost loves are finding each other on Facebook.
Long-lost loves are finding each other on Facebook.   (Shutter Stock)
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You get a thrill out of finding an old girlfriend just to see if she still likes you. You're curious to see what she looks like, and it's easy to fantasize about alternative courses your life might have taken. - W. Keith Campbell, University of Georgia psychology professor

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maevealleine
Sep 13, 09 2:21 PM CDT
Dr. Kalish (http://www.lostlovers.com/) has been studying the phenomenon of lost loves and why finding them can lead to some very intense (and very dangerous for married people) emotions. Fair warning! Reply
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Jojo
Sep 13, 09 3:02 PM CDT
Now they've even got TIME is promoting Facebook... It appears Facebook is more desperate than originally thought. Their business is failing and they just don't get it. Didn't Myspace teach them anything? Reply
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youngblood
Sep 13, 09 4:47 PM CDT
Wow, got an ax to grind? Why don't you tell us how you really feel?
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youngblood
Sep 13, 09 4:44 PM CDT
Anybody see the Gérard Depardieu movie where he and his wife moves next door to his high school lover acted by Fanny Ardant? Reply
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Even-Steven
Sep 14, 09 1:45 PM CDT
Lame story. Although I really wouldn't mind finding some old flames to see how they are. That probably wouldn't be a smart thing to do though. Reply
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