LOVE IN THE TIMES OF LOVE ISLAND 

You can smell it. Valentine’s Day is here. The world splits into two: those who buy chocolates and condoms by the dozen, fully embracing the romance… and those who would rather rip their own heart out than celebrate Valentine’s. 

 

For us, it’s the perfect excuse to talk about love. Modern love and how certain concepts have radically changed from our parents’ generation to ours. 

 

3 WAYS YOUR DAD AND YOU SEE LOVE DIFFERENTLY 
Love today is not what it was in your grandparents' time:
  • Relationships start (and often end 💦) through a screen…
  • Instagram has become an emotional showcase where everyone posts filtered love stories with dramatic soundtracks…
  • Love Island is the pop culture experiment we all use to analyze relationships over drinks at the pub… 

 Times change… and so does the way we understand love. Here are three big questions that divide generations (try asking your mates): 

  1. Is cheating the ultimate betrayal in a relationship?
  2. Do you have a fixed ‘type’ when it comes to attraction?
  3. Do you see yourself reflected in Love Island? 

1. IS CHEATING THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL? 

They have sold us Temptation Island as the ultimate proof of love. You just want, really, to someone if you are able to lock yourself in a mansion full of people who are there to beat you like a drawer that won't close... and resist the temptation of the ñiqui ñiqui. With a couple of gin and tonics, obviously, the sins and hedonistic mantras begin:
 

      “I did what I felt at all times”

      “I have come to test myself”

      “I needed to free myself”

 

And then it all ends in a “bonfire” or soap opera that your mother would like at 4 in the afternoon, full of troglodyte comments and inconsolable crying over the sin committed.

But… is knowing where someone puts their lips really the worst thing that can happen? Most of us have seen cheating up close. It hurts, sure. But with time (and a lot of reflection), you move on. Unpleasant? Yes. The end of the world? Not really. 

 

New generations seem to agree. There are way worse things than cheating—like lack of mutual respect, trust issues, or simply not meeting each other’s needs.

2. DO YOU HAVE A FIXED ‘TYPE’ IN LOVE?

Tell me if you are sensitive or as dry as a flint. If you are a sucker or a goat. If you were taught that men have to be 100% masculine. Tell me what you are like… and I will tell you how you will be judged and what your 'book' partner complement is. But the new generations are clear about it: they ignore the expectations of the 'prototypical' man and 'woman': liberated women, men who cry and like to make croquettes… 

 

Nowadays, it has become pointless to want to look for a closed, superficial and inflexible list of conditions in your perfect match (or in yourself). This is not Infojobs. The new generations are guided in their search for their partners by more subjective (and relevant) attributes such as common enjoyment… or having someone motivate them to get out of bed (and stay in it) every morning, whoever and however that may be.

3. DO YOU FEEL REPRESENTED BY TEMPTATIONS ISLAND?

There is no doubt that Temptation Island is a pop phenomenon and an endless meme factory. It has given us hours of debate and even new ways to… 'declare' ourselves.

And why is that? Pure gossip and morbidity? Yes, but above all, because we see ourselves (a little) reflected. We see uncomfortable situations (control, jealousy, lies, gaslighting, manipulation, victimhood...) in a rigorous delay and it makes us think about how we would react in their place.

 

Love in modern times, therefore, is also about self-knowledge. It is about looking at oneself before blaming and commenting on anyone else's attitude. It is about cleaning one's own house before criticizing one's neighbor's. It is about loving oneself before being able to love someone. 

THIS IS WHAT 'MODERN' LOVE IS LIKE IN THE TIMES OF TEMPTATIONS ISLAND

At this point in your life, you've probably had to swallow insults, see perfect profile photos that you were bored with in real life, have been in toxic relationships (or have been the toxic one for someone) and have learned something from it... Your heart may be full of healed wounds or broken into little pieces. 

 

And all of that may not be 'generational'; but rather a path of scars and growth that makes you, today, have a concept evolved of that which they call love:

  • Maybe now you put into perspective what seemed like a nightmare to you 10 years ago… 
  • Maybe you're now moving away from looking for 'a unique type of person' and are open to more variety as long as it fulfills you in what matters.
  • Maybe now you start to put being happy first, as a prerequisite to opening up to someone.

If this is your case, congratulations. Because you are filled with the raw material that is neither created nor destroyed, it only transforms: love, alive and kicking.

❤️‍🔥 TO LOVE EACH OTHER A LOT ❤️‍🔥

P.S: Lots of “love of my life” and lots of “better half”, but above all lots of self-love. That is why today’s article (and declaration of love) is sponsored by our Giggleberries, gel for the crotch. 

LOVE IN THE TIMES OF LOVE ISLAND 

You can smell it. Valentine’s Day is here. The world splits into two: those who buy chocolates and condoms by the dozen, fully embracing the romance… and those who would rather rip their own heart out than celebrate Valentine’s. 

 

For us, it’s the perfect excuse to talk about love. Modern love and how certain concepts have radically changed from our parents’ generation to ours. 

 

3 WAYS YOUR DAD AND YOU SEE LOVE DIFFERENTLY 

Love today is not what it was in your grandparents' time: 

  • Relationships start (and often end 💦) through a screen…
  • Instagram has become an emotional showcase where everyone posts filtered love stories with dramatic soundtracks…
  • Love Island is the pop culture experiment we all use to analyze relationships over drinks at the pub… 

Times change… and so does the way we understand love. Here are three big questions that divide generations (try asking your mates): 

  1. Is cheating the ultimate betrayal in a relationship?
  2. Do you have a fixed ‘type’ when it comes to attraction?
  3. Do you see yourself reflected in Love Island?

 

1. IS CHEATING THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL?

They have sold us Temptation Island as the ultimate proof of love. You just want, really, to someone if you are able to lock yourself in a mansion full of people who are there to beat you like a drawer that won't close... and resist the temptation of the ñiqui ñiqui. With a couple of gin and tonics, obviously, the sins and hedonistic mantras begin:
 

  “I did what I felt at all times”

  “I have come to test myself”

  “I needed to free myself”

 

And then it all ends in a “bonfire” or soap opera that your mother would like at 4 in the afternoon, full of troglodyte comments and inconsolable crying over the sin committed.

But… is knowing where someone puts their lips really the worst thing that can happen? Most of us have seen cheating up close. It hurts, sure. But with time (and a lot of reflection), you move on. Unpleasant? Yes. The end of the world? Not really. 

 

New generations seem to agree. There are way worse things than cheating—like lack of mutual respect, trust issues, or simply not meeting each other’s needs. 

 

2. DO YOU HAVE A FIXED ‘TYPE’ IN LOVE?

Tell me if you are sensitive or as dry as a flint. If you are a sucker or a goat. If you were taught that men have to be 100% masculine. Tell me what you are like… and I will tell you how you will be judged and what your 'book' partner complement is. But the new generations are clear about it: they ignore the expectations of the 'prototypical' man and 'woman': liberated women, men who cry and like to make croquettes… 

 

Nowadays, it has become pointless to want to look for a closed, superficial and inflexible list of conditions in your perfect match (or in yourself). This is not Infojobs. The new generations are guided in their search for their partners by more subjective (and relevant) attributes such as common enjoyment… or having someone motivate them to get out of bed (and stay in it) every morning, whoever and however that may be.

3. DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN LOVE ISLAND?

There is no doubt that Temptation Island is a pop phenomenon and an endless meme factory. It has given us hours of debate and even new ways to… 'declare' ourselves.

And why is that? Pure gossip and morbidity? Yes, but above all, because we see ourselves (a little) reflected. We see uncomfortable situations (control, jealousy, lies, gaslighting, manipulation, victimhood...) in a rigorous delay and it makes us think about how we would react in their place.

 

Love in modern times, therefore, is also about self-knowledge. It is about looking at oneself before blaming and commenting on anyone else's attitude. It is about cleaning one's own house before criticizing one's neighbor's. It is about loving oneself before being able to love someone. 

THIS IS MODERN LOVE, LOVE ISLAND STYLE

At this point in your life, you've probably had to swallow insults, see perfect profile photos that you were bored with in real life, have been in toxic relationships (or have been the toxic one for someone) and have learned something from it... Your heart may be full of healed wounds or broken into little pieces. 

 

And all of that may not be 'generational'; but rather a path of scars and growth that makes you, today, have a concept evolved of that which they call love:

  • Maybe now you put into perspective what seemed like a nightmare to you 10 years ago… 
  • Maybe you're now moving away from looking for 'a unique type of person' and are open to more variety as long as it fulfills you in what matters.
  • Maybe now you start to put being happy first, as a prerequisite to opening up to someone.

If this is your case, congratulations. Because you are filled with the raw material that is neither created nor destroyed, it only transforms: love, alive and kicking.

❤️‍🔥 LOVE YOURSELF FIRST. ❤️‍🔥 

P.S: Lots of “love of my life” and lots of “better half”, but above all lots of self-love. That is why today’s article (and declaration of love) is sponsored by our Giggleberries, gel for the crotch.
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