Lonesome Loser | May 12, 2009
I’ve been surfing the net and finding there’s a lot of bad advice out there about unrequited love. The superficial or manifest level of communication tends to go something like “Gee, that’s too bad. It’s so painful. This isn’t really love, it’s limerence. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, but it is a place you [...]
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Lonesome Loser | March 8, 2009
The intention of this website is to explore the nature of unrequited love from both experiential and social psychological perspectives. It includes articles and discussions of unrequited love from a non-pathologized viewpoint, links and a bookstore (via amazon.com) containing recommendations that might be of help or interest to the unrequited lover, an open invitation to [...]
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Lonesome Loser | February 17, 2009
Seriously, now. I’ve noticed a few search-initiated hits on the post “The Costs of Unrequited Love”, so I figure visitors must be interested in a more serious treatment of the subject. So, the costs of unrequited love… First and foremost, the most obvious cost to me seems to be the blows to our ego we [...]
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Lonesome Loser | January 31, 2009
*This is another Discussion Question, meant for readers to respond to and talk about. Please offer comments… If you could, would you take it back? Knowing as you know now that your love is unrequited, would you still want to go through the experience of being in love with your loved one? Is it better [...]
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Lonesome Loser | January 17, 2009
(I need to reiterate that “The Naming Wall” is a place for us to name the person we are/were in love with, not a place to post quotes or stories. Please do post your personal stories, quotes, etc., as comments in response to regular posts.) Admit it. You’re in love or you have been in [...]
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