I think the purest form of love is just wanting someone to experience life with you. "taste this. look at that. listen to this song." over and over. until you can't imagine experiencing life without them.
please teach your daughters that having a voice is more important than being nice. having a backbone is more important than being palatable. having standards is more important than being liked. and having self respect is more important than being chosen.
dating to marry will make you realize that the "plenty of fish in the sea" narrative is false. alot of people are really not worth that level of intimacy
i believe in re-reading and re-watching your favourite books & movies at different stages of your life. the plot never changes, but your perspective does.
What a privilege it is to afford a gym, buy healthy food, pay bills, have legs that walk, eyes that see, a brain that functions, work every day, and take our bodies to their full potential.
My hot take is that everyone needs to be friends with people significantly younger and significantly older than themselves. You miss out on a lot of the richness of rewarding human connection by only socialising with people who are approximately the same age as you
This a photo I took of Michael B Jordan back at the #DaytimeEmmys in 2003. It was his first red carpet and since he was new to daytime the "old guard" media wasn't interested in talking to him. I flagged him down and he came over to talk to me.