And while monogamy overwhelmingly remains the dominant model for romantic partnerships, polyamory and open relationships invite us to assess what commitment and fidelity really mean.Īgainst all these, however, our central anxieties about love remain unchanged.

We worry about finding The One, but also mistrust the idea of ‘soulmates’ more than ever, with philosophers and psychologists alike making the case for settling in marriage.

Instead of fretting over how to approach someone in person, we agonise over our text-messaging game. Thanks to technology and changing social norms, the landscape of love is undeniably different from how it looked just five or ten years ago. And yet, the depth of our obsession with love is matched only by how clueless we still are about it. No subject has engrossed us as thoroughly, for as long. It’s the one subject we never tire of hearing about.Įven those of us with cold, empty cavities where our hearts should be devour stories of marriages, meet-cutes, affairs, and plate-smashing-soul-wrenching breakups.

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