> Romantic relationships are about forming deep emotional connections, about being true with someone in a way that admits a very real risk of emotional agony.

> Romantic relationships are about forming deep emotional connections, about being true with someone in a way that admits a very real risk of emotional agony. That might be true for you. It clearly isn't true for everyone. Clearly there are some people who would rather not have "a very real risk of emotional agony" and their wants are just as real, just as authentic, as yours.