My father died last week. I'm now immersed in a new world that I was previously unaware of - or rather, a world that always existed alongside me but that I could blissfully ignore. Funeral …
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A philosopher’s response to limerence
"Reader" sent me a fascinating article this week, from the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/13/agnes-callard-profile-marriage-philosophy It details the experience of a …
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Coffeehouse: escaping the shadow of first limerence
It's been a while since we last checked in at the LwL coffeehouse. Home of sense-making, wise words and occasional balderdash Today's topic of conversation was proposed by Fabian: could you …
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Why are they leading me on?
A woman's greatest ambition is to inspire love Molière Limerence is an extreme manifestation of a near-universal human desire - to fall in love, to bond, and to devote oneself to a mate. Limerent …
A personal note on adversity
For six years, I have written this blog, and added a new post every Saturday morning at 9 am UK time. This is the first week that I thought I would not manage it. It is currently 11:52 pm on …
What makes a good romantic partner?
Life has really happened to me this week, so in lieu of the next post on purposeful living, here's a video that is cheering and optimistic about how to find love: …
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