A modern romantic pain generates an almost endless gloss. The purpose of which is both to understand and extirpate. Few people living in the contemporary era have been spared to the Agnes of intimate relationships. These Agnes come in many shapes kissing too many frogs on the way to Prince Charming, engaging in Sissifian internet searches coming back lonely from bars or blind dates.
In this episode, we discuss a few highlights from “Why Love Hurts” - a book which argues that our relationships go wrong due to 'institutional forces', rather than our dysfunctional childhoods or our insufficiently self-aware psyches (which is the more commonly accepted modern belief).