Femlee (1995) asked 300 college students to reflect on the last relationship they had ended, to list the things that first attracted them to their former partners, and to list the things that they disliked most about their partners around the time of the breakup. If Michelle is like some of Femlee's participants who experienced a "fatal attraction," she will probably say,

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This choice reflects the pattern of a "fatal attraction" where a trait that was initially attractive becomes a negative quality over time. In this case, Patrick's spontaneity may have been exciting at first, but eventually became too unreliable and unmanageable for Michelle.

Femlee (1995) Asked 300 College Students to Reflect on the Last