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Limerence is a common characteristic of romantic story telling but one has to temper the strength of its influence when striving for a story that is more “The Notebook” and less Mills & Boon.
How To Be A Man In The Romance Market | The Creative Penn 2010
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Limerence does provide the basic ingredients for a good love story – from infatuation, to etiquette of the kiss, to the feelings of euphoria one experiences while held in its grasp.
How To Be A Man In The Romance Market | The Creative Penn 2010
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Limerence – a scientific moniker coined by psychologist Dorothy Tennov – is a scientific attempt to study and thus quantify the near obsessional form of romantic love.
How To Be A Man In The Romance Market | The Creative Penn 2010
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If your issues with decreased libido stem from deeply held religious beliefs that resurface after Limerence fades, the solution may be to seek out a church that is more affirming of who you are and learn to redefine your views of your sexual orientation in a church that embraces you.
Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News Tracey Stevens and Kathy Wunder 2008
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Limerence, a term coined some years ago, defines a state often mistaken for love.
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Limerence, which only the young and foolish believe to be love, can make people quite remarkably blind; but the proverb ordinarily means that those who love each other tend to discount the depth of each other's flaws.
Archive 2007-02-01 Mike L 2007
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Limerence, which only the young and foolish believe to be love, can make people quite remarkably blind; but the proverb ordinarily means that those who love each other tend to discount the depth of each other's flaws.
The objectivity of love Mike L 2007
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Danielson, James Blackshaw, Anni Rossi and Viv Albertine's Limerence were all announced previously, along with
Virtual Festivals 2010
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Limerence looks somewhat different in the church from the way it appeared last March in the small high-ceilinged former chapel re-christened as the
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Limerence looks somewhat different in the church from the way it appeared last March in the small high-ceilinged former chapel re-christened as the
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