Lonely in Unrequited Love. You can feel close to someone you’re not in love with. And if you’re in love but can’t access your partner’s inner world, it’s inevitable that the relationship will slide down the spectrum to distance. This is the truth about closeness. If it is, it should be complete. Incomplete closeness leads […]
Putting Aside Unrequited Love. Rejection served an important role in Evolution. In our past, being outcast from our tribes was worse than death, as we were incapable of surviving alone. Psychologists say this led to our brains being programmed to send signals when there is a risk of rejection. Individuals who are capable of reading
Unrequited Love and Mad Limerence. The typical love story that all of us have known is to fall madly in love at the start and eventually settle into a pleasant commitment. The other possibility that is not so typical is to suffer a devastating breakup and be left in unrequited love. A comfortable marriage, most
Boredom in Unrequited Love. Unrequited love stems from infatuation, and ‘discovery’ is a major part of infatuation. In other words, as long as your object of love is a stranger, you continue to be in love with the image that your heart has formed of the person. As you learn about the object of your
Unrequited Love and Cheating. It has been noticed that men muck up the most extraordinary chances with women, and are then left alone. Hence, men are more often found to be in unrequited love than women. The question arises, what is it about the male gender that is so mystifying for the other. Here are
Unrequited Love and Closeness. It’s not just unrequited love that’s largely outside of our understanding. Expectant parents will attest to the fact that we can love someone before he’s even born. We can love people after they die. Hence, it is difficult to expect an unrequited lover to move on if their love is not
Unrequited Love and Loss of Friendship. “I have to admit, unrequited love is so much better than a real one. I mean, it’s perfect… As long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential.”― Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever An unexpected end of friendship caused by
Unrequited Love and Loneliness. As extensively as I have been discussing unrequited love, you may have been wondering why I have yet to mention loneliness in the discussion. Isn’t love a perfectly good solution to loneliness? Does that go to say that all forms of love are helpful in getting over loneliness? While love is the
The Nature of Unrequited Love. Unrequited love is deemed to be of a higher metaphysical and ethical status than sexual or physical attractiveness alone. The idea of unrequited love initially stems from the Platonic tradition that love is a desire for beauty-a value that transcends the particularities of the physical body. For Plato, the love
Happens, In Unrequited Love. When love is reciprocated, it weaves stories of desire, sexual attraction and bliss. But what happens when it’s not? No matter what we may do, some people may not want us in the way we want them: as a date, a boyfriend, a partner, a wife. What do we do when