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People tend to classify non-familial love as either romantic of platonic (the terms for which are derived from the medieval concept of Romance and the philosopher Plato respectively). The Wikipedia page for platonic love describes it as “a type of … Continue reading →

It’s time for me to ponder the question of Romantic vs. Platonic once again now that I have discovered the concept of limerence. To explain what limerence is, I will link to this blog post and proceed without any further … Continue reading →

After all these years, I can make this confession. My journey away from religion began with my first attempts to read the Quran. I had high expectations. I had expected a highly intellectual text that would give me incredible knowledge … Continue reading →

I promise this sounds a lot more extreme than I intended it to be. I don’t have anything against romantic relationships and I even think they can be wonderful kinds of relationships to have. I am not even saying I … Continue reading →

I wish I didn’t think about dating and dating apps as much as I do. It’s hard to escape. I can’t hang out with anyone without them bringing up their dating lives or married lives. I don’t dare talk to … Continue reading →

My culture views marriage as an imperative in any person’s life; and it is generally considered to be the parents’ responsibility to ensure that their children find suitable life partners. Thus the fact that I’m not too keen to participate … Continue reading →

I believe I may have hit a breakthrough. And perhaps I might adjust how I identify based on this. What? Previously, I have discussed the difficulty in separating out romantic and platonic. There is no universal demarcation. But I did … Continue reading →

My teaching philosophy boils down to the observation that students face a signal-to-noise ratio in any learning environment, and an effective teacher is one who can increase the proportion of the signal relative to the noise. My teaching philosophy is … Continue reading →

One of the earliest signs that tipped me off to the fact that I am asexual was when I heard sex being described like a physiological need. Like hunger. You need to address it otherwise you won’t be able to … Continue reading →

Dating and marriage have been taking up too much of my headspace… not because these are things that I am necessarily wanting… but because I am being made to feel like there is something wrong with me for not being … Continue reading →