When it comes to literature and film, there are countless examples of characters driven mad by limerence - epic, tragic romances of soul-scouring obsessive love. Romeo and Juliet, Dante and Beatrice, …
Coffeehouse: dark empaths
Another check in at the LwL coffeehouse. It's fun to sometimes speculate about the kinds of people who make for dodgy limerent objects. It's also useful to adopt a more mocking or cynical view …
Coffeehouse: how to deal with difficulties
Following on from last week's musings, this week I've decided to inaugurate a new feature for the blog: the everlasting thread. The goal for this is to be a specific place for open discussions - a …
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Reflections on five years of blogging
I started writing Living with Limerence on Valentine's day 2017. At the time, I had no plan. I was coming out of an unwanted limerence experience, and filled with a dammed-up reservoir of emotions …
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Season’s greetings
Goodness me. Another Christmas has rolled around. 2021 has been quite a year. As if to cement the drama, my family has finally been hit by covid, having previously managed to dodge it through two …
How to disclose if you want no for an answer
This still holds up as the best version of Pride and Prejudice ever filmed. Darcy's first proposal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF3ueHjUc3k In vain I have struggled; it will not do. My …
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