Tagged - love

Navigating Valentine’s Day, Single

With Valentine’s Day recently passing, I have a confession: I have not enjoyed the idea of Valentine’s Day for a while. As a single person, I am filled with dread when I open Instagram and scroll through a disorienting number of ridiculously cute hard launches. After spending the past days helping my friends pick out […]

Losing a love that was never yours

You kept me in this precarious limbo between platonic friendship and an unreciprocated crush for your own entertainment. Read More

Research at Rochester: Campus Times staff on increased attraction levels to writers

There is a visible upward trend in levels of perceived attractiveness for those who write for the Campus Times. If you squint. Read More

Language is the medium of love

With the absence of language, our awareness of love would be restricted to its mere existence. Read More

“Love? In THIS economy?”

In a nation crumbling under political strife and the imminent threat of global warming, there’s clearly one issue that should take precedence above all others: my love life. Read More

Learning to say “I love you”

Grief is a fickle thing. One second, you feel fine, and the next it pierces the fibers of your soul with such precision you don’t know if you’re terrified or grateful of the feelings it elicits. Read More

Love is a thing that grows

I didn’t choose piano; for a while, it was more of a nuisance than a hobby. But somehow, sometime, love grew. Read More

Learning to love love

Ah, Valentine’s Day — where the sickeningly sweet smell of chocolate fills the air, and it seems like you can’t even turn a corner without seeing some egregious display of love. Read More

The perils of all-or-nothing romance

We should be honest with ourselves about what we need from our friends, so we don’t solely put the burden on our partners. Read More

Valentine’s Day has lost its meaning

Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love — in theory. In actuality, the day has firmly established itself as a soulless money-grab by corporations, hell-bent on convincing you you’re an inadequate lover if you don’t drop an exorbitant amount of money on your valentine. Also, your breath probably stinks. Love between two people is […]