Esther Perel

But we are asking one person to give us what once an entire village used to provide. I want with you what everything traditional relationships are about. Companionship, economic support, family life, social status. But now I also want you to be my best friend and my trusted confidant and my intellectual equal. And my fitness buddy and my professional coach.

But we are asking one person to give us what once an entire village used to provide. I want with you what everything traditional relationships are about. Companionship, economic support, family life, social status. But now I also want you to be my best friend and my trusted confidant and my intellectual equal. And my fitness buddy and my professional coach.

But we are asking one person to give us what once an entire village used to provide. I want with you what everything traditional relationships are about. Companionship, economic support, family life, social status. But now I also want you to be my best friend and my trusted confidant and my intellectual equal. And my fitness buddy and my professional coach.

And last but not least, my passionate lover. And all of this for the long haul. And this long haul keeps on getting longer, right? And then we have taken love, commitment, intimacy away from our relationships with family, with friends, with neighbors. All these other relationships are weakening. And all of this is being brought into play. Modern love. So modern intimacy today is me talking to you.

And last but not least, my passionate lover. And all of this for the long haul. And this long haul keeps on getting longer, right? And then we have taken love, commitment, intimacy away from our relationships with family, with friends, with neighbors. All these other relationships are weakening. And all of this is being brought into play. Modern love. So modern intimacy today is me talking to you.

And last but not least, my passionate lover. And all of this for the long haul. And this long haul keeps on getting longer, right? And then we have taken love, commitment, intimacy away from our relationships with family, with friends, with neighbors. All these other relationships are weakening. And all of this is being brought into play. Modern love. So modern intimacy today is me talking to you.

You're validating me. You're reflecting on me. And I am momentarily going to transcend my existential aloneness. And modern intimacy becomes intimacy.

You're validating me. You're reflecting on me. And I am momentarily going to transcend my existential aloneness. And modern intimacy becomes intimacy.

You're validating me. You're reflecting on me. And I am momentarily going to transcend my existential aloneness. And modern intimacy becomes intimacy.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's modern romance as I begin to see it.

That's modern romance as I begin to see it.

That's modern romance as I begin to see it.

I think it is. I think we cannot have one person give us what the whole community should represent. And I think that we are actually overburdening our relationships and then we get very disillusioned.

I think it is. I think we cannot have one person give us what the whole community should represent. And I think that we are actually overburdening our relationships and then we get very disillusioned.

I think it is. I think we cannot have one person give us what the whole community should represent. And I think that we are actually overburdening our relationships and then we get very disillusioned.

And I'll find someone else who I think can actually meet all my needs.

And I'll find someone else who I think can actually meet all my needs.