FAVORITE NEW WORD.
Limerance - an involuntary cognitive and emotional state in which a person feels an intense romantic desire for another person.
* Intrusive thinking about the limerent object.
* Acute longing for reciprocation.
* Some fleeting and transient relief from unrequited limerence through vivid imagining of action by the limerent object that means reciprocation.
* Fear of rejection and unsettling shyness in the limerent object's presence.
* Intensification through adversity.
* Acute sensitivity to any act, thought, or condition that can be interpreted favorably, and an extraordinary ability to devise, fabricate, or invent "reasonable" explanations for why neutral actions are a sign of hidden passion in the limerent object.
* A general intensity of feeling that leaves other concerns in the background.
* A remarkable ability to emphasize what is truly admirable in the limerent object and to avoid dwelling on the negative or render it into another positive attribute.
Well, I did find it on wikipedia, so it could be bullshit. I think I'll try to work it into conversations. Remember when headvoid was taking suggestions for words to use on his co-workers? I don't have any co-workers, and grandma would probably think I was saying limerick and wonder quietly if I've been drinking.
Limerance - an involuntary cognitive and emotional state in which a person feels an intense romantic desire for another person.
* Intrusive thinking about the limerent object.
* Acute longing for reciprocation.
* Some fleeting and transient relief from unrequited limerence through vivid imagining of action by the limerent object that means reciprocation.
* Fear of rejection and unsettling shyness in the limerent object's presence.
* Intensification through adversity.
* Acute sensitivity to any act, thought, or condition that can be interpreted favorably, and an extraordinary ability to devise, fabricate, or invent "reasonable" explanations for why neutral actions are a sign of hidden passion in the limerent object.
* A general intensity of feeling that leaves other concerns in the background.
* A remarkable ability to emphasize what is truly admirable in the limerent object and to avoid dwelling on the negative or render it into another positive attribute.
Well, I did find it on wikipedia, so it could be bullshit. I think I'll try to work it into conversations. Remember when headvoid was taking suggestions for words to use on his co-workers? I don't have any co-workers, and grandma would probably think I was saying limerick and wonder quietly if I've been drinking.
