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I found your article interesting and provocative. I can relate to it even though I'm 70 years old and faithfully married. But in my own way I also default into sensuality or lethargy. I'm involved with an Italian catholic group which is able to party, but not usually in the adolescent way. We sing, many play soccer or other sport. We share a commitment to family, friends, faith, and food.

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Sep 2·edited Sep 2Author

Some would say CL parties have slipped into the problem he’s calling out

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Sep 2·edited Sep 2

This is the truest thing I’ve ever read. I cannot overstate how much moving to Europe for grad school changed my life—for many reason, including the experience of social gatherings that were actually fun for the first time in my life.

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