Alain de Botton's book was alluded to as the podcast guest, Alain De Botton, suggested he has written about how love and sex are actually set on two different ends of a pole, as opposed to the romantic ideal where they are intrinsically linked.
And she made the claim, which I think I've read in your books as well, that in many respects, that's the very opposite of the spice that makes sex so appealing in those early days when it's new and no...
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Alain de Botton's book was alluded to as the podcast guest, Alain De Botton, suggested he has written about how love and sex are actually set on two different ends of a pole, as opposed to the romantic ideal where they are intrinsically linked.
And she made the claim, which I think I've read in your books as well, that in many respects, that's the very opposite of the spice that makes sex so appealing in those early days when it's new and novel and risky.
Right. And again, come back to my theme. What does a romantic say? A romanticism tells us sex and love belong entirely together. But I think what you're saying and what many of your viewers will know is that the relationship is trickier.
