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Why I Feel Differently About Love Now That I’m in My 40s

Culture taught me to pursue love, then sex, then marriage — but that formula has never worked for me

Y.L. Wolfe
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readApr 7, 2021

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I don’t remember the first time I said “I love you” to a partner. I know it was my first boyfriend, but I have no memory of saying it to him. I also have no…

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Y.L. Wolfe
Human Parts

Gender-curious, solosexual, perimenopausal, childless crone-in-training. | Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/gleDcD | Email: welcome@yaelwolfe.com