Risk-Aversion Is Killing Romance - By Freya India - GIRLS
Romanticism has been deeply committed to casting doubt on the need to apply reason to emotional life, preferring to let spontaneous feelings play an unhampered role instead. In our choice of whom to marry, Romanticism has counselled that we be guided by immediate attraction. In our working lives, we are prompted to choose our jobs by listening to o
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I do this sort of tango with fear perhaps more often than most people because of illness, but we all do a version of this, don’t we? You go through a bad breakup and swear off romance because you feel like you won’t be able to survive that kind of heartache again. You get a rejection letter, and the sting is such that you vow to never put yourself
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Following stiff routines is the antithesis of romanticism. Breaking routines is like breaking rules. When the romantic instinct is triggered, people are instinctively more adventurous, more creative, and ready to take more risks. In the matter of love and relationships, I truly believe that once this romantic instinct is unleashed, it’ll instinctiv
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In romance, as in driving, speed kills. Moving too fast makes you vulnerable to your old history and patterns. It prevents you from assessing her clarity, maturity, and stability. It steals your intent and saddles you with commitments you didn’t want.