{"id":87200,"date":"2016-02-03T21:22:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T05:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=87200"},"modified":"2016-02-03T21:22:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T05:22:16","slug":"no-one-loves-a-needy-man-not-even-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=87200","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No one loves a needy man, not even himself.&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"https:\/\/heartiste.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/03\/sidewalk-love-affair\/\">From the Chateau<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>How will you know your relationship is on solid ground? If she\u2019s running after you, red-faced and trembling with love and yearning and desperation and desire and, yes, fear. The sexual polarity is aligned. The love amplified.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re running after her, afraid to lose her love? You already have.<\/p>\n<p>A good, if abstractedly imperfect, test of a woman\u2019s love for you is to ask if she would she die for you. 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