Age Restriction

Immature brains are particularly vulnerable to the effects of early bonding. Regardless of whether the bonding is cooperative (Blue) or competitive (Purple), this state promotes psychological relaxation and heightened suggestibility.

John & Chelsea Rose

They reportedly met in March 2007 at the 79th annual Tennessee FFA convention in Gatlinburg. At the time of their meeting, John Rose was 42 years old and serving as the vice chairman of the Tennessee FFA Foundation board. Chelsea was a 17-year-old high school senior.

For boys in particular, whose emotional literacy is often underdeveloped by cultural norms, the experience of Purple bonding may feel like proof of value or maturity—when in fact, it’s a carefully constructed loop of dependency.

Brigitte & Emmanuel Macron: 

Emmanuel Macron, then 15 years old, met Brigitte Auzière (née Trogneux), a 39-year-old literature and drama teacher, at Lycée la Providence in Amiens. Brigitte was leading the school's theater club, which Emmanuel joined. 

Mary Kay Letourneau & Vili Fualaau:

Mary Kay Letourneau was a 34-year-old married schoolteacher in Washington state. Vili Fualaau was her 12-year-old sixth-grade student when their sexual relationship began in 1996.

Pamela Smart & Billy Flynn

They met through a school program called "Project Self-Esteem" at Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, New Hampshire, where she worked as a media coordinator and he was a sophomore student. They met while both were volunteering for a drug awareness program, which led to a relationship that resulted in Flynn murdering her husband in 1990.