Hey, to serving listeners, this is Chapter 12 in my deep dive on Limerance. I, at the end of the

deep dive in Chapter 11, I asked y'all to send in your emails and thinking that I would make a

follow-up episode. So this is what this episode is. Chapter 12, I'm going to read your emails. This first email

is the one I want to start with because it details a story of Limerance. One of the listeners

is currently suffering from Limerance and tells her story. And I think it is a good demonstration

of the development and progress her story. And I think it is a good demonstration of the development and progress and

difficulties of limerance. So let's get into it. She's a pretty good descriptor. And side note,

a lot of y'all emailed in saying that you'd be willing to be interviewed on the podcast about

your limerance. And I want to thank me, you know, maybe a dozen people. I want to thank y'all

for offering that. I have a list of y'all. And if I decide to do that, I'll do that at some

point. So let's read this email. Anonymous listener, she says, Dear Kirk, thank you so much for diving

into this topic. I can't express how much timely this topic is for me right now. I'd like to

share my story in case it could be useful in research of the topic. I have just experienced

seven months of limerence. It has been a constant physical and emotional ache

that makes it impossible to enjoy my life. 17 months of limerence. She is a woman 20 years older

than me. We have had little to no contact during this period of separation. Before the separation,

there was partial and inconsistent reciprocity, and the situation has always been such that a

real relationship would be impossible or impractical. Okay, so just chiming in here. That's her

intro. She is kind of laying the groundwork. So the limerent

object is 20 years older. It's been 17 months. She's still suffering from the limerents. And

there has been partial and inconsistent reciprocity from the limerent object. And a real

relationship is impossible or impractical. Okay. So let's get into the story. She says,

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