One of the commonest situations where limerence becomes a destructive force in life is when it happens within the confines of a marriage. Unsurprisingly, I've written about this scenario many times in …
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Limerence in the New York Times
A few weeks ago I had an enjoyable chat with a journalist, Amanda McCracken, who was writing an article about limerence for the New York Times. The article is now out (paywall). It's a good …
Coffeehouse: would you turn off your limerence?
When I first started blogging about limerence, I was careful to talk about the upsides to the condition. I do think limerence adds to life, certainly when you are young and single and looking for …
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Case study: should I wait for my limerent husband to come to his senses?
This week's dilemma is from a reader who is not themselves a limerent, but discovered the phenomenon to her cost when her husband became besotted with another woman: My husband changed personality …
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More on the limerence binary
The last post covered an analysis of whether limerence is a spectrum or a binary - in other words, can you feel "quite limerent", or can people actually be sorted into distinct "limerent" and …
Is limerence binary or a spectrum?
One of the unanswered questions that keeps me occupied in my ongoing investigation of limerence also comes up surprisingly often in my mailbox: Is limerence a specific condition, or is there a …