If making it work in an LTR for sixteen years with a couple of kids is proof of something, I've got a boxful of my old theories down in the basement I can sell ya. Probably some other guys around here do as well. We might make a killing on ebay.
Exactly. Have the theories helped you be in a successful LTR after "a couple of kids" where there's still attraction, passion, respect, etc. That was my question. I think bf is quite right about the laws of short-term attraction, btw. And yes, a theory should be predictive, and "capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise falsified through empirical observation."