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capitalism has ruined dating (opens the original)
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I saw an article this week saying that apparently singles are going on ‘Costco dates’. It sounds charming - a rejection of technology’s answer to dating, a mass desire to get off the apps and meet in real life. I. But then I dug a little deeper. The article mentioned Costco’s <a href="https://gnt.prsm1.com/r?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tkqlhce.com%2Fclick-100262046-15736243%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.groupon.com%252Fdeals%252Fn-costco-membership&h=3cc9dbfb63802431edbdd6e40d5e77205dc6923
The upside of fearing abandonment. (opens the original)
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What happens to our sense of self when someone stops loving us. (opens the original)
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When someone loves us, they can make us fall in love with ourselves a little too.Not just because it feels good to be wanted, but because we see ourselves through their eyes. They laugh at our jokes, so we must be funny. They can’t keep their hands off us, so we must be attractive. We catch them looking at us with that sparkly look in their eye like we’re the best thing ever, and for a second, we believe that we just might be. Until, that is, they leave.Psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut had a really int
I don’t want to improve, I just want to be. (opens the original)
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Everything Eventually Becomes a Crab. (opens the original)
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I’m sick of being sold to online.Coaches, courses, subscription models, e-books. Most of my Instagram feed is now creators teaching other creators how to become creators.I thought Substack was different. It fact, I’m sure it used to be. Substack has always been my safe space away from the grabbiness of the other platforms. I’d come here to get away from the selling, to have a break, curl up with people’s writing, and read.That’s why I was upset when I came on this week to read an essay by one of
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