My dad left my mom when I was around seven. She never really dated afterward. But when, as an empty nester, she moved out of our house I found hundreds of self-help books on romantic relationships. It was like finding out a carpenter had read hundreds of books on physics.
Friday diary 34: Esther Perel is the GOAT
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