Relationships (The School of Life Library)

Love has a history and we ride ? sometimes rather helplessly ? on its currents. Since around 1750 we have been living in a highly distinctive era in the history of love that we can call Romanticism. And it has been a disaster for love. Relationships challenges the assumptions of the Romantic view of love. It shows how to develop new attitudes that can lead to a psychologically mature vision of love: ? That it is ok that love and sex may not always belong together ? That discussing money early on in a serious way is not a betrayal of love ? That realising that we are rather flawed and our partner is too is of huge benefit to a couple ? That we will never find everything we need in another person nor they in us ? That spending two hours discussing whether bathroom towels should be hung up or can be left on the floor has its own dignity Full of applied real-life examples and enlivened throughout with humour and cultural anecdote this innovative guide paves the way to a new brighter future for love.

Series: The School of Life Library

Hardcover: 120 pages

Publisher: The School of Life (April 3 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0993538746

ISBN-13: 978-0993538742

Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.8 x 8 inches

Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces