If a certain thought has no previous connection with the limerent object, immediately one is made.

This discomfort results from a fear of the limerent object's opinions.

Some people acutely feel these effects either immediately or following contact with the limerent object.

A limerent fantasy can also involve an unusual, often tragic, event.

Most limerents experience limerent sexuality as a component of romantic interest.

Also "romance", as it were, need not be present in any genuine way for a limerent reaction to occur.

Limerent-Nonlimerent bond: define relationships in which one partner is limerent.

Limerent-Limerent bond: define relationships in which both partners are limerent.

Often the limerent object is currently involved with another or is in some other way unavailable.

A limerent person may have acute sensitivity to any act, thought, or condition that can be interpreted favorably.

The sensitivity that stems from fear of rejection can darken limerent objects' perceived body language.

Limerent fantasy is rooted in reality and is intrusive rather than voluntary.

At peak crystallization, almost all waking thoughts revolve around the limerent object.

The belief that the limerent object does not and will not reciprocate can only be reached with great difficulty.

Only if the limerent object were to be revealed as highly undesirable might limerence subside.

With an affectional bond, neither partner is limerent.

Dreams can reawaken strong feelings toward the limerent object after the feelings have declined.

Limerence involves intrusive thinking about the limerent object.

Limerence sometimes increases sexual interest in other partners when the limerent object is unreceptive or unavailable.

The basis for limerent hope is not in objective reality but in reality as it is perceived.

Sexual fantasies are distinct from limerent fantasies.

Otherwise, the long fantasy is anticipatory; it begins in the everyday world and climaxes at the attainment of the limerent goal.

Limerence can be carried quite far before acknowledgment of rejection is genuine, especially if it has not been addressed openly by the limerent object.

Perhaps because of this unique specificity, limerent reactions can be uniquely quantified and predicted according to the schema described below.

Other characteristics include acute longing for reciprocation, fear of rejection, and unsettling shyness in the limerent object's presence.