I think that the two of them have been doing this for a really long time and it is more like sport. Yes they would love to find a lasting relationship but it's not likely to happen the way they are going about it.
My husband does so many romantic things for me it's absurd.
I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me....
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.