Esther Perel

And I think it's exactly that. I'm local in a few places.

But I am very much not French. I mean, I have a French accent. I know that. I am educated in Flemish. I mean, what you call Afrikaans. You know, my entire 12 years of schooling was in Flemish. I am from a Flemish city. I'm from Antwerp. We spoke five languages at home. I mean, French is a big part of mine, of me. But it's not the only one.

But I am very much not French. I mean, I have a French accent. I know that. I am educated in Flemish. I mean, what you call Afrikaans. You know, my entire 12 years of schooling was in Flemish. I am from a Flemish city. I'm from Antwerp. We spoke five languages at home. I mean, French is a big part of mine, of me. But it's not the only one.

Don't you have a beautiful expression, Sao Bono?

Don't you have a beautiful expression, Sao Bono?

Yes, it's beautiful.

Yes, it's beautiful.

We use the French word. I don't think I've never seen.

We use the French word. I don't think I've never seen.

No, it's not friction. It's a frisson is a shiver. It's a literal translation is a shiver, but it's a shiver with anticipation, with excitement, with a kind of a current that runs through your body. No, I mean, you've got me.

No, it's not friction. It's a frisson is a shiver. It's a literal translation is a shiver, but it's a shiver with anticipation, with excitement, with a kind of a current that runs through your body. No, I mean, you've got me.

I mean, to flirt comes from the word fleuret, which is the tip of the sword. That is actually meant to tease you. That is flirting. It's teasing. It's playing with possibility. It has no connection to scoring.

I mean, to flirt comes from the word fleuret, which is the tip of the sword. That is actually meant to tease you. That is flirting. It's teasing. It's playing with possibility. It has no connection to scoring.

In the United States.

In the United States.

Because this is a pragmatic society trying to engage with the erotic arts.

Because this is a pragmatic society trying to engage with the erotic arts.

Yes. It's true that a lot of my thinking about relationships, love, desire, passion, all of that was very much shaped within a Francophone, a French context. My adolescence was very much steeped in that. But it's Latin as well. It's not just French. And it's not the pragmatic approach either.

Yes. It's true that a lot of my thinking about relationships, love, desire, passion, all of that was very much shaped within a Francophone, a French context. My adolescence was very much steeped in that. But it's Latin as well. It's not just French. And it's not the pragmatic approach either.

of that that is dominant here you get shit done you achieve things you're direct you get to the point you don't miss you don't miss a beat you don't beat her you don't run what is it turn around the corner it's like all of these things are about this unvarnished directness to say it as it is and that is not the way we think of