How to Mend a Broken Heart!

1. INTRODUCTION To experience a broken heart in romantic love is indeed painful but passing. There's no pain that won't subside and heal. It depends on how the broken-hearted person deals with the pain and positions himself/herself in an environment that can gradually erase the painful memory.  Let's first read Rona's letter before we'll tackle …

What is Confluent Love?

  Dear Friends, Followers, and Subscribers! Confluent love is an emerging popular type of  union in  today's globalizing world that is characterized by flows, flexibility, and "liquidity" of information and migration of people around the globe. The current postmodern society prefers anything contingent or passing, or relationships without lasting or long-term commitment. Confluent love flourishes …

What is an “Unhealthy” Romantic Love?

Fig. 3.1 “A Couple Having a Fight” by David Castillo Dominici (Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net)     A true romantic love is said to be a sincere and based on mutual self-giving. People must avoid a one-sided affair where one partner in a romantic relationship is just using the other to satisfy his or her own …

Male Physical Traits Attractive to Women

Photo: “Lovers” by photostock (Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net) On Physical Traits      Romantic love often begins with physicality. People are embodied beings and communicate with the world through their bodies. In cultures where marriages are arranged, physicality is not a major problem in the selection of partners. But in urban and advanced societies with strong …

What is a True Love?

    Fig. 1. “Attractive Young Couple In Love” by Serge Bertasius Photography (Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net)   Introduction Judge whether this short love note indicates true love or not: (From the column "Joe the Mango's LoveNotes" [unedited]) Dear Joe, I find it hard to believe that broken dreams could become a part of my …

No One “Wish List” for the Right Partner

  Figure 1: Choosing the right partner is cultural. The ideal partner is defined by one's local culture. (“Pre Wedding” by  arztsamui [Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net]) Choosing the right partner is closely connected with one’s cultural taste and socialization in life. Every individual has his/her own “wish list” of traits they hope to find from …

Life is all about loving memories

Whenever I hear the opening lyrics of the famous Broadway song “Memory” of “Cats” I can’t help but feel nostalgic with regard to fleeting nature of life: Memory All alone in the moonlight I can smile at the old days I was beautiful then I remember A time I knew what happiness was Let the …