Over a 3.5 month time span they got to be very close (phone calls/texts/lunches/coffee). I knew that they had had lunch and coffee several times, but I was unaware of the time that spent communicating until I pulled phone records later. It was enormously ridiculous. Again, they both deny anything, but then I look at the...only believe 1/2 of what they say statement.
The statement is a bit more harsh than that, it is believe NONE of what they say (words they utter), and only half of what they DO (their actions).
As far as Limerence, it is a term from another online forum which really is not used anywhere else. The accepted term is MLC (Mid Life Crisis). Look it up, and also look up the stages of MLC, I think you might be amazed at what you find...