The people you care for most have the ability to make the largest impact upon you.
For example, a missed phone call. If this was from a random friend you see once every 6 months and you ran into them, told them to call you at 3 today but they never did, you wouldnt care much, slight annoyance perhaps, but nothing more. However, if this is your long term relationship partner, you would wait for hours after 3, get worried, get angry, make repeated calls to find out whats going on etc etc. This is due to the fact that you have a more distinct and close attatchment to the person, therefore the emotional bonds are more connected to that person, allowing you to therefore be more hurt by him/her.
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