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    Love in the Time of CoronaVirus
    Karin Jones
    • Apr 2, 2020
    • 7 min

    Love in the Time of CoronaVirus

    Has social isolation made you reconsider your loving priorities? Just as CoronaVirus was overwhelming the world, I burst into tears while...
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    On Asking (and Listening)
    Karin Jones
    • Jan 14, 2020
    • 5 min

    On Asking (and Listening)

    "If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me." W.H. Auden Last year I made a simple, low risk New Year’s resolution: I...
    166 views0 comments
    The Fascination Equation
    Karin Jones
    • Sep 27, 2019
    • 5 min

    The Fascination Equation

    The Special Sauce of love may simply be staying fascinated with your partner I used to have a few rules about the men I ‘liked’ on dating...
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    On Being Out of Love
    Karin Jones
    • Jun 5, 2019
    • 6 min

    On Being Out of Love

    Too often when love ends, the people who adore us will insist we’re still wonderful and the person who left us the idiot. Think again.
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    Your Brain on Love & Loss
    Karin Jones
    • Apr 25, 2019
    • 5 min

    Your Brain on Love & Loss

    High on love or felled by loss? It's simply temporary insanity I once developed a crush on a married man so consuming I could barely...
    133 views1 comment
    After Infidelity - On Walking Through Fire
    Karin Jones
    • Mar 26, 2019
    • 5 min

    After Infidelity - On Walking Through Fire

    Not every marriage is worth saving. But no marriage deserves to be abandoned during the most stressful point in its lifetime. I recently...
    240 views0 comments
    Midlife Dating - It's an Attitude
    Karin Jones
    • Feb 10, 2019
    • 4 min

    Midlife Dating - It's an Attitude

    It doesn't get any better than dating at midlife. Trust me If I were a drinking buddy of ‘Stella Gray’, The Guardian newspaper’s 50...
    359 views0 comments
    The Infidelity Files - Part 1
    Karin Jones
    • Jan 17, 2019
    • 4 min

    The Infidelity Files - Part 1

    Is the one who strays the only cheat? 2018 was my year of dubious honor. The New York Times publish my essay, ‘What Sleeping With Married...
    88 views1 comment
    The Thermodynamics of Love
    Karin Jones
    • Dec 19, 2018
    • 5 min

    The Thermodynamics of Love

    Is your relationship stable? Consider its chemistry.
    111 views0 comments
    The Four Horsemen: How to Spot Trouble in Your Relationship
    Karin Jones
    • Oct 8, 2017
    • 4 min

    The Four Horsemen: How to Spot Trouble in Your Relationship

    Conflict, not compatibility, will tell you what you really need to understand about your partner I’ve done most of my internet dating...
    148 views0 comments
    The Gift of Generosity
    Karin Jones
    • Dec 15, 2016
    • 4 min

    The Gift of Generosity

    I once arrived late to a school bake sale with my son who, when he discovered everything with chocolate had already been purchased, burst...
    84 views0 comments
    The Desire Divide
    Karin Jones
    • Nov 30, 2016
    • 4 min

    The Desire Divide

    Pick (up) on someone your own age I know a talented, vivacious, woman living in Greenwich Village, who creates fixed and ephemeral art...
    510 views0 comments
    The Anatomy of Attachment
    Karin Jones
    • Sep 22, 2016
    • 4 min

    The Anatomy of Attachment

    Your limbic system is telling you how to love. Listen carefully. I once dated a man who asked me, during our first online conversation,...
    185 views0 comments
    Friends With All Sorts of Benefits
    Karin Jones
    • Sep 10, 2016
    • 4 min

    Friends With All Sorts of Benefits

    Dating isn't just for the romantically inclined A few months ago I went to Paris on the Eurostar simply because tickets were so damn...
    100 views0 comments
    Are You Practicing the Magic Ratio?
    Karin Jones
    • Aug 11, 2016
    • 3 min

    Are You Practicing the Magic Ratio?

    Your five a day isn't just about fruit and veg Romanticism has done heaps of harm when it comes to living a successful love life. Yes,...
    68 views0 comments
    Speak Your Body Language
    Karin Jones
    • Aug 4, 2016
    • 3 min

    Speak Your Body Language

    On becoming non-verbally articulate The other day a friend of mine was sighing over how too many women strain his patience when it comes...
    57 views0 comments
    Get Pissed With Your Jealousy (Or How to Make Jealousy a Comedy Not a Tragedy)
    Karin Jones
    • Jul 29, 2016
    • 4 min

    Get Pissed With Your Jealousy (Or How to Make Jealousy a Comedy Not a Tragedy)

    Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. - Iago to Othello A few years ago,...
    16 views0 comments
    Polyamory or Polyfuckery
    Karin Jones
    • Jul 22, 2016
    • 4 min

    Polyamory or Polyfuckery

    Can more than two be equals in love? When I started internet dating, I was quite clear:  ”Jealous types need not apply. I like variety.”...
    128 views1 comment
    The Paradox of Choice
    Karin Jones
    • Jul 15, 2016
    • 5 min

    The Paradox of Choice

    When it comes to online dating, will abundant choice lead to love or drive us mad? When I found myself, at 49, suddenly single, I was...
    44 views0 comments
     

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