this bipolar love hurts so much round infatuated hertz

i like to try and keep my desert island discs up to date. you never know when lauren laverne might call.

right up there, maybe my favourite song of all time, is ‘why does your love hurt so much?’ by carly simon. and love does hurt.

falling in romantic love is a massive, multifaceted thing. it involves accepting vulnerability. it means taking on another’s pain, as well as sharing in their pleasure. you sign up for the highs, but the dips can be brutal.

and as you fall in love with someone, you change them, they change you, and you change yourself. and, if it is meant to be, after a while, you will have grown together and found a way to be together.