Older adults ditch romantic cliches
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Cultural critics and academics said people across Europe and Australia redefined romantic relationships and expressions, with older adults leaving youth-centered narratives and common loving phrases losing currency.
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Yes, love is fundamental and innate in human beings, as discussed in #BLUEPRINTbook.
“Across cultures, people describe the experience of falling for someone in quite similar ways. The sensation is big; it’s overwhelming; it can feel utterly transcendent.”
“Across cultures, people describe the experience of falling for someone in quite similar ways. The sensation is big; it’s overwhelming; it can feel utterly transcendent.”
Teens Are Forgoing a Classic Rite of Passage
Fewer young people are getting into relationships.
www.theatlantic.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Yes, love is fundamental and innate in human beings, as discussed in #BLUEPRINTbook.
“Across cultures, people describe the experience of falling for someone in quite similar ways. The sensation is big; it’s overwhelming; it can feel utterly transcendent.”
“Across cultures, people describe the experience of falling for someone in quite similar ways. The sensation is big; it’s overwhelming; it can feel utterly transcendent.”
Reposted by Jack Stilgoe
To mark Valentine’s Day, here is what is believed to be the world’s oldest surviving love poem, written 1.5 million years ago by one of our earliest ancestors, homo unrequitus.
February 14, 2026 at 8:55 AM
To mark Valentine’s Day, here is what is believed to be the world’s oldest surviving love poem, written 1.5 million years ago by one of our earliest ancestors, homo unrequitus.
Reposted by David Wiggins
'Love cannot be explained. It can only be experienced. Love cannot be explained, yet it explains all.'
Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love
#BookwormSat
🎨 Amber Goldhammer
Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love
#BookwormSat
🎨 Amber Goldhammer
February 14, 2026 at 10:11 AM
'Love cannot be explained. It can only be experienced. Love cannot be explained, yet it explains all.'
Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love
#BookwormSat
🎨 Amber Goldhammer
Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love
#BookwormSat
🎨 Amber Goldhammer
Tend to agree in general but today let’s say it is obviously very romantic and perfectly judged😅
February 14, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Tend to agree in general but today let’s say it is obviously very romantic and perfectly judged😅