Comments on: Modern Love http://www.fishwickwedding.com/modern-love to have and to hold Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:10:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Melissa Anne http://www.fishwickwedding.com/modern-love/comment-page-1#comment-210 Melissa Anne Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:26:35 +0000 http://www.fishwickwedding.com/?p=480#comment-210 Interesting article! If you're looking for more along these lines, I recommend "We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love" by Robert A. Johnson. After a couple of chapters of Jungian archetype talk, I lost patience and skipped ahead to the conclusion. I was really pleased with what I found there! Ganked from an online review by Cara Stein (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110050.We_Understanding_the_Psychology_of_Romantic_Love): "In summary, distinguish between the sacred and the ordinary. Have an inner life where you explore and respect the sacred and your own soul, rather than expecting another person to embody that for you. Keep your human relationships humble and down-to-earth: "stirring the oatmeal" love. When you quit trying to mix the two, you lose the drama and the druglike high, but you gain reality." Interesting article!

If you’re looking for more along these lines, I recommend “We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love” by Robert A. Johnson. After a couple of chapters of Jungian archetype talk, I lost patience and skipped ahead to the conclusion. I was really pleased with what I found there!
Ganked from an online review by Cara Stein (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110050.We_Understanding_the_Psychology_of_Romantic_Love):
“In summary, distinguish between the sacred and the ordinary. Have an inner life where you explore and respect the sacred and your own soul, rather than expecting another person to embody that for you. Keep your human relationships humble and down-to-earth: “stirring the oatmeal” love. When you quit trying to mix the two, you lose the drama and the druglike high, but you gain reality.”

]]> By: Allie http://www.fishwickwedding.com/modern-love/comment-page-1#comment-190 Allie Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:01:55 +0000 http://www.fishwickwedding.com/?p=480#comment-190 Interesting article. Where I'm not one to encourage being an emotional doormat, I applaud this woman's boundaries. She did, afterall, give her husband options. And he didn't ever leave. It'd be different if he had. I don't really know what she meant by saying she refused to suffer. Then I picture her standing on a lonesome Montana prairie, chainsaw in hand, a glass of lemonade by her side. Who would leave a woman like that? Interesting article. Where I’m not one to encourage being an emotional doormat, I applaud this woman’s boundaries. She did, afterall, give her husband options. And he didn’t ever leave. It’d be different if he had. I don’t really know what she meant by saying she refused to suffer. Then I picture her standing on a lonesome Montana prairie, chainsaw in hand, a glass of lemonade by her side. Who would leave a woman like that?

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