<story><title>Romantic Love: The problem with Western cultures</title><url>http://www.nickyee.com/ponder/love.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Rod</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&quot;LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;-Ambrose Bierce</text></comment>
<story><title>Romantic Love: The problem with Western cultures</title><url>http://www.nickyee.com/ponder/love.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ericd</author><text>Wow. I&apos;ve had some girlfriends who I was not strongly limerant about, and that always bugged me when I thought about it, to the point that I thought marriage was probably out of the question. This despite the fact that I really enjoyed being with them, and had &quot;compassionate love&quot; for them. I tried to remind myself that that was probably Disney talking, but it&apos;s as if it has been almost hard coded into my brain.&lt;p&gt;Best article I&apos;ve read in months.</text></comment>