Spin out post from a previous comment thread. Long time reader, first time commenter, Landry asks: What I’d like to know is how folks feel about polyamory and why is it that sexual/romantic/emotional …
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Caring about LO
Limerence is about bonding. There's plenty of room to discuss whether it's good or bad bonding, and how it relates to longer-term love, but the central experience of limerence is becoming powerfully …
Displacement activities
A question from the postbag: What I wanted to ask is whether you think other activities might be helpful as a replacement or as some sort of therapy? One therapist suggested to me that perhaps I …
The benefits of No Contact
One of the most effective methods for neutralising limerence is also one of the most obvious: stop spending time with LO. No contact FTW! But given the amazing capacity for limerents to daydream, …
Limerence, everywhere I look…
So it's possible that writing this blog has somewhat distorted my view of the world, but I couldn't help reading this Guardian article and nodding to myself, "Uh, huh. Limerence for sure". It …
Limerence and emotional attachment
A major development in the understanding of human relationships took place in the last few decades of the 20th century. "Attachment theory" originated from the study of child-caregiver interactions …