Stage 1: They are super into you from the first phone call and can’t get enough of you. You’re perfect, beautiful, fascinating, and the way your brain works just thrills them. They’re everything you would ever want: loving, warm, charming, consistent, romantic, affectionate, caring, and passionate. They spend hours and hours with you and text you every morning. They will be your perfect lover: they’ll make plans to take you on holiday with them, buy you random presents, and say that they can’t stop thinking about you. They’ll mirror your wants and needs with uncanny accuracy and create a whole personality that they know will appeal to you. They write you lovely things, make love to you with a famished hunger and hold you tightly every night. It goes to 100 from 0 incredibly quickly.
