Spotting Soulmates

Q Dear Miss Abigail: Is it true, that if we know ourselves well enough, we’ll be able to spot our soulmates at first sight? Signed, Searching A Dear Searching: Gee, I was kinda hoping this answer would be more positive. You know ~ love at first sight, everything happy-go-lucky, those wonderful movie endings with soulmates […]

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Is He “The One” for Me?

Q Dear Miss Abigail: How do I know if he is “The One” for me? Signed, Just Curious A Dear Curious: Although it is easier for some to find that perfect person, all too often the situation is more complex; as Max O’Rell says in Her Royal Highness Woman, “Unfortunately for you, they are not labelled.” […]

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Love an Instinctive Emotion

If anyone wonders why my catalog list of books isn’t up to date, it’s because I spend time perusing the books as I enter them into my database. Sex Behavior in Marriage by Dr. Charles A. Clinton caught my eye, particularly this excerpt about one of Miss Abigail’s favorite age-old topics ~ love. 1940: Love an […]

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The Growth of Love

Girl loves boy. Boy loves girl. But before they take that next step, they might want to ask these questions from Dr. Keller’s Love, Courtship, Marriage. 1928: The Growth of Love The young woman studies a certain young man who is paying her a great deal of attention, and intuitively she asks herself the same questions […]

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Now What, Really, Is Love?

Happy Valentine’s Day, folks. Here’s a quote about love to help you celebrate the day; it’s from Elinor Glyn’s This Passion Called Love. Smooches, everyone! I love you! Really, I do! 1925: Now What, Really, Is Love? We are here talking of love between the sexes ~ that is, the state of being ‘in love’ ~ […]

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