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How Do Adulterers Define Love?

How Do Adulterers Define Love?

When I knew I was in love.

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Feb 14, 2025
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Love is love.

Right?

Even in adultery.

But then I doubted everything.

Was this real?
Or just limerence?

Maybe it was meant to be an affair. A memorable one, even. But just an affair.

Was it more? Would it ever be more?
Was “real” love even possible in an affair?

I honestly didn’t think I knew what love was. A long and l…

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