Our survey on friendships, sexual and romantic relationships closes soon (5/31)!
If you're 18+ in the US (& especially if you're #asexual / #aromantic / #queer),
my collaborators (Canton Winer at UCI and Hannah Tessler at Yale) and I would love to include your perspective in our study.
Shared Interests, Shared Essence: Unraveling the Psychology of Instant Connections
"New research sheds light on the similarity-attraction effect, a psychological principle that governs how we form relationships based on shared interests." #psychology#attraction#relationships#neuroscience
"Somehow, I have been instrumentalized by the internet, which operates me through my phone. It often feels like the internet is reading my mind."
A beautifully-written piece by #MerrittTierce that traces the not-quite-serendipity of connection through the internet, and shows how the internet mediates our relationships - to each other, and with the internet itself.
I'm off tomorrow. Not only is it Cinco de Mayo, but it's also my boyfriend's birthday.
I sent my brother a non perishable snack pack along with a Star Wars graphic tee.
Talked about things that irk us with my boyfriend today. I really do love him, but we have to talk about things even when they're not going so well. It was one of our promises to each other from the beginning.
Thanks for your support! This is my third account on Mastodon. Clearly sexual content is not welcome! So I will only be posting sanitised posts. You will have to look at https://twitter.com/LrnAbtSexuality to see my content. Apologies...
Yoo In Na deserves the Best Actress award for this show, especially for episode 05. She perfectly captured and portrayed a person who loves their ex deeply, gave everything, and only to be dumped later for someone else.
It was as if Yoo In Na experienced it herself. She cried naturally, was she still acting? She showed her character's desperation, she shook, her body movements and facial expressions were exactly what it is in real life.
And that's just the character she's playing. We haven't even started talking how great the show is in pacing and focusing on what a person goes through when heartbroken. From break-ups, refusing to accept their new reality, to moving-on, and to picking the pieces of their broken heart. And we're only at episode 5 and 6.
Many years ago, I bought a Bird of Paradise at a garden centre. It had lush green leaves and a pefect flower in bloom. I spent the entire summer caring for it, and it was thriving.
I was so proud. It was the first flowering plant I'd managed to keep alive for more than a few months.
One afternoon, someone I had just started dating came over and was browsing my book shelves. He stopped at the plant and...
As long as I am worthy,
as long as my charm is still present,
Even if that's not the case,
It's okay to break up or be alone.
Someday, I'll be recognised by someone
and love less and be loved more.
"Anyone that stays in a relationship even after their partner has lied, cheated, used and disrespected them over and over again is not loyal. They are scared and do not know their worth"
Everything I Know About Relationships, I Learned From Gilmore Girls
I hate everyone in Stars Hollow. They're all immature, narcissistic, power-hungry, ego-fuelled maniacs - some of whom border on psychotic. I hold them in such contempt that I would gladly abandon them all on a deserted island and let nature take its course...