WATCH: Is there a formula for falling in love with anyone?
The author of "How to Fall in Love with Anyone" talks to Salon about Cinderella myths, intimacy and lasting love
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In 2015, author Mandy Len Catron offered up an intriguing proposition in the New York Times’ famed Modern Love column. Could a psychologist’s simple set of 36 increasingly personal questions lead a pair of virtual strangers right into romance? Catron’s story about on her experiment in hacking intimacy, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This,” became a viral sensation. But as she reveals in her new book, “How to Fall in Love with Anyone,” there’s no one-size-fits-all path to the human heart.
Catron spoke to Salon recently about what led to her now-famous first date, and where love led her from there.
How can answering three dozen questions bring two people together?
The idea is that because the intimacy increases gradually, you don’t necessarily notice that happening. The thinking is that they would take the process of getting to know someone, trust them and feel close to them that happens over weeks — and accelerate it into a few hours.