In Loving You, I Learned to Love Myself
Esther PerelJonathan
Jul 3, 20263 November 2025
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She unknowingly changed the course of his life, and he's loved her ever since. It's been decades, and even though he now dates men, he wonders how to live with these feelings of what he calls unrequited love. How do you hold a candle of gratitude for someone who will never know how much they meant t
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Hi, Esther. Where do I begin? Well, I think the first thing to say is that for most of my adult life, my romantic and sexual experiences have been with men. But the story I want to talk to you about i
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