Why We Say We Don’t Need Love (While Desperately Hoping It Shows Up Anyway)

There's a script a lot of us have memorized. It goes something like this: "I'm fine on my own." "I don't need anyone." "Love is great but I'm not, like, looking for it." We say it confidently. We say it to friends, to family, to ourselves at 11pm while watching a romance we claimed we'd only put on for background noise and then cried at anyway.

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Why We Say We Don’t Need Love (While Desperately Hoping It Shows Up Anyway)

There’s a script a lot of us have memorized. It goes something like this: “I’m fine on my own.” “I don’t need anyone.” “Love is great but I’m n…

Sonia M. Rompoti, MSc, Bsc