Emotional Loneliness Comes for the People Who Probably Least Expect It

Mindsets that sound romantic can be perilous

Bella DePaulo
Fourth Wave
Published in
4 min readJan 16

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Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash

The belief that a person is just not complete without a spouse got its most memorable expression in the movie Jerry Maguire, when Jerry tells Dorothy, “You complete me.” Whether that strikes you as romantic or ripe for mocking, it is a quote that has made its mark. It…

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Bella DePaulo
Fourth Wave

“America’s foremost thinker and writer on the single experience,” according to the Atlantic. Author of “Singled Out.” Harvard PhD www.belladepaulo.com