love and dating
Something can surprise us because it excites wonder, or because it is new or unexpected… Our soul often experiences pleasure when it feels something it cannot analyse, or when an object appears quite different from what it knows it to be.
— Kyle Chayka, Filterworld [pg. 50]
Falling in love seems to happen mostly either by a process of osmosis or simple familiarity (and a lot of waiting) or by setting intentions of seriousness and weeding out partners who don’t share them. Sometimes, it happens randomly. Sparks fly. You’re reminded why there’s so much poetry, so much music, so many stories, so many cautionary tales abo... See more
modern love dictated by reality, rather than cultivated through serendipity
The seeds of intimacy are time and repetition. We choose each other again and again, and so create a community of two.
Esther Perel • Mating in Captivity
No Ordinary Love
no-ordinary-love.co
We blunt romance and passion with this constant calculation of risk, this paranoid scanning for threats, and by holding back to avoid being hurt. We encourage each other to be emotionally absent, unfazed, uncaring. We even call it empowerment! It’s not. It’s neuroticism. I think we are a generation absolutely terrified of getting hurt and doing all... See more
Freya India • Risk-Aversion Is Killing Romance - By Freya India - GIRLS
Tinder’s latest campaign is inspired by couples’ first chats and real messages
campaignbriefasia.com
“The thinking part of you can tell you that a decision has been made, but it’s not the part of you which decides things.”
#181 Dear Baby: Am I fit to be a parent?
can someone send this to him??
Love embraces slowness, likely even demands it. So why are we all in such a rush?