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A new philosophy of love
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
Is Love a Failure Condition?
Happiness has just come to stand in for your love life going well. If we're sad, or if we're angry, maybe where does that leave us? Does it mean our relationships aren't working? Or even worse, does it mean we're unlovable? When i started writing this book, i was really depressed. And i was genuinely worried about how that left me for being capable of love and capable of being loved. I didn't think i was going to be happy ever after. So i wanted to know why we think of happiness as the success sate for love, and anything else has a failure conditionrightiit's either a greek tragedy or just unspeakable
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