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How to Deal with Loneliness

By Kim Eng — 2018

Is a feeling of loneliness tied to being incomplete without a partner? Delving into the idea that it is unseemly for a woman to be alone, Kim suggests that it is the questioner's belief in this standard that is causing her unhappiness. See more...

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Julie Firman, Dorothy Firman
2003
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