• Romeo and Juliet: crazy in love, or terrible role models for romance?

  • Aug 15 2024
  • Length: 33 mins
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Romeo and Juliet: crazy in love, or terrible role models for romance?

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  • The star-cross'd lovers, Romeo and Juliet, are often held up as paragons of a romantic ideal. But are they really?

    Today, Matt and Graham have a look at the mistakes we make in love: the assumption that there should be "the one" who "completes" us; the idea that the intensity of teenage love should continue into adulthood; the concept that we should simply accept relationships becoming stale and boring.

    Along the way, they have a look at the behaviours that need to be fixed to lead to more fulfilling relationships and talk about what "imperfect love" looks like.

    Some references in this episode:

    The wonderful Before Sunset trilogy of movies by Richard Linklater: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112471/

    Love's Executioner by Irvin Yalom: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Loves-Executioner-Irvin-D-Yalom/dp/014197544X

    Irwin Hirsch on "imperfect love": https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15240650701518532
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