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I am deeply in love for the first time in my life. What is some relevant /lit/-approved literature?

>> No.7496852
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7496852

It's okay, anon. You'll get through it.

>> No.7496855
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she'll just let you down

>> No.7496858

>>7496852
Nice meme.

>>7496855
We're both male :^)

>> No.7496862

>>7496849
Love by Stendhal

>> No.7496863

It's a nice feeling OP. Does she reciprocate?

>> No.7496869

>>7496849
Don't read about it, don't conceptualise it. When you analyse something you destroy it.

Just enjoy it and stay away from literature for a while, which is mostly written by bitter depressed cynical people.

>> No.7496875

>>7496863
Yes, it is reciprocated, very deeply. We have had very long conversations about it, and everything has been progressing very quickly, but it is mutual and intense and passionate, so much so that it is as though the entirety of my life before I met him was spent wandering, aimless and lost, through a thick, choking fog.

>> No.7496877

I've been in a internet relationship for several years. Help me.

>> No.7496893
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>>7496858
>We're both male :^)
>him

Anon, there is no romantic gay literature.

>> No.7496899

>>7496893
But I didn't ask for romantic gay literature.

>> No.7496900

>>7496875
get out

>>7496877
you too

>> No.7496904

The Sorrows of Young Werther

>> No.7496916

>>7496875
Okay. I think I see more or less what direction this relationship could go to, considering I am currently in a relationship that started off in a very similar fashion. We're still completely in love with each other, but there are tons of little things that can degrade your relationship. (Forgive me for spewing out the same comments that have surely been said to you dozens of time before—I couldn't resist.) For one: no matter how much you love someone, don't pretend they're faultless and don't neglect to tell them when they do mean, disrespectful things. Tell them politely, but seriously. Let them know you still love them despite whatever they did that annoyed you. Make sure there is always good communication between you two, especially when the hazy mist of infatuation beings to wear off. Communication is one of the most important things in a relationship. Never let it break down.

Now, as for literature that deals with love—not sure why, but Stoner definitely hit the mark for what being in love felt like for me. Hopefully it hits the mark for you too! That feeling of almost wanting to be one with another person, completely inseparable, was very familiar.

>> No.7496927

>>7496916
Not that Anon, but I was also about to rec Stoner. Great advice by the way, OP should heed it.

I've always found that reading about futile delusions of love helps me to appreciate love for what it actually is. Not sure why, but El Tunel by Sábato always comes to mind. It's oddly comforting to read a man deluding himself into love once you've experienced the real thing. It's the same sensation one gets when reading of a helpless struggle against death and being able to put the book down, garnering a greater appreciation for living.

>> No.7496928

>>7496899
One of you would have to pretend to be the girl then. Anna Karenina or Wuthering Heights. They don't end well though Anon... probably like your relationship though.

>> No.7496932

>>7496849
Proust, absolutely.

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>>7496849
for when he inevitably breaks your heart

>> No.7496935

>>7496875

>probably just a neet looking for attention by pretending to be gay.

>> No.7496937

>>7496916
>>7496927
Thanks for the advice. I've absolutely heard it before, but it doesn't do any harm to hear it yet another time.

I'll put Stoner on my e-reader right this moment, as well as El Tunel.

>> No.7496939

>>7496875
>progressing very quickly
Confirmed for oxytocin spike. GL post-honeymoon, bby.

>> No.7496958
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7496958

homos and women cannot love and the rest of the humanity is composed mostly of erotomaniac men

>> No.7497072

>>7496939
Thanks for the well wishes!

>> No.7497162

Plato's Symposium

>> No.7497592

But love between males is immoral and forbidden, OP.

>> No.7498011

>>7496849
Everything Beautiful Began After

>> No.7498024

>>7497592
This. Read the Bible, OP. I'll pray for you.

>> No.7498037

>>7496958
What am I looking at? Countries in which French is the most spoken language?

>> No.7498045

>>7496875
Hope it works out.

Wish I could feel what you're feeling. Every dog has his day. . .

>> No.7498046

>>7498037
the french empire fuccboi

>> No.7498440

>>7496875
How old are you two?

>> No.7498461
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>>7496849
Based /lit/ chart

>> No.7498474

>>7496858
Try Deuteronemy or Leviticus.

>> No.7498487

my diary, desu

>> No.7498491
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>>7496849
A lobotomy, just so you don't have to know what it's like to not have her anymore

>> No.7498497

>>7496849
/lit/ wont agree, but read skippy dies.

>> No.7498503

You should try "The Tunnel" by Ernesto Sabato.
Probably just gonna end up killing him.

>> No.7498631

>>7496849
Lolita.

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>>7496875
>thick, choking fog

>> No.7499025

>>7498497
That book is fucking terrible. The prose incorporates [emojis]

You should lower your head in shame for even suggesting it

>> No.7499495

>>7496849
Celine

>> No.7499876

Read Amoretti before you realize the relationship is doomed

>> No.7499877

>>7496849
of human bondage.

>> No.7499915

>>7496849
torrents of spring and first love by turgenev

>> No.7499953

>>7498497
this

>> No.7500283

how did it happen OP i wanna know