I found it possibly useful in understanding aromantic people I e-meet, and characters I read about, around here. Comments and feedback invited from those who know.

From Narrative.ly.

How I Learned to Love Being Aromantic
By Kotaline Jones, December 26, 2016

I’m just not interested in romantic relationships. Yes, that’s a real thing. No, there isn’t ( Read more... )

I am thankful for being alive.
For having loved and having been loved.
For friends old and new.
For my family, and for my "second families".
For my comparative good health.
For having a safe place to live and enough to eat every day.

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I am thankful for being alive.
For having loved and having been loved.
For friends old and new.
For my family, and for my "second families".
For my comparative good health.
For having a safe place to live and enough to eat every day

From the Southern Poverty Law Center's Facebook page. H/t: Ben Dreyfuss at Mother Jones


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Science Says Lasting Relationships Come Down To 2 Basic Traits
Science says lasting relationships come down to-you guessed it-kindness and generosity.

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Of all the people who get married, only three in ten remain in healthy, happy marriages, as psychologist Ty Tashiro points out in his book "The Science of Happily Ever After," which was published ( Read more... )

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Chickweed Lane, Friday


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But as the faithful years return
  And hearts unwounded sing again,
Comes Taffy dancing through the fern
   To lead the Surrey spring again.

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... to dunkelpig, who makes my life wonderful.

Some things are once in a lifetime --
Miracles, wishes come true --
But once in a lifetime is all that I need
If I'm spending my lifetime with you.