n.Coming to prefer something simply because you have encountered it repeatedly.
Robert Zajonc, 1968Established psychological concept
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On the first morning Yusra thought he had an unfortunate face.
That is the honest starting position and she has never been allowed to forget it, because she made the mistake of admitting it in year three, at a dinner, in front of witnesses.
Day one: an unfortunate face. Too long. Something about the nose. He was reading a paperback with the cover bent all the way round, which she also disliked, being a woman who does not break spines.
Day nine: she noticed she had looked for him.
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