Valentine’s Day arrives every year with remarkable self-confidence. It assumes love should be obvious, effortless and permanently exciting. Real love, actually, is nothing like that.

My friend Gina is relentlessly optimistic in love despite a series of relationships with unhappy endings. “This time is for real,” she told me recently. “Gary is my person. He calls and texts me ...

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Why great sex doesn’t always mean real love is a truth many people learn through heartbreak. When physical chemistry ignites between two people, it can feel electric, powerful enough to make you ...

A very depressing day, weather-wise. And there are other reasons to feel a little down: family illness, wedding-planning stresses, and mean-spirited motherfuckers tryin’ to bust on me an’ mine. But ...

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That seems to be what the second link I posted is getting at, and reading the other guy's stuff on the psychology today this might just be his interpretation. Still...can't help but feel that it's not ...