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Humanity’s embrace of AI companions—once imagined in Her—reveals a crossroads: whether technology will deepen our capacity for love or quietly replace it, eroding what makes us human.

Selie Visa explains the eight Greek types of love, highlighting Agape as the highest form of divine and selfless love.

A generation taught to hide their feelings is finally learning that love, vulnerability, and connection were never signs of ...

Love is something everyone seeks, the feeling of being understood, valued, and cared for deeply by someone special. Yet ...

Before going on to commit violence, domestic abusers use a mix of intense affection and emotional cruelty, combined with ...

Study outlines a tactical playbook deployed by male abusers to “weaponize love” based on in-depth interviews with victims.

Love languages give you valuable information about how you — and your partner — want to receive love and affection.

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