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1 week ago | 
platonicloveletter.substack.com | Platonic Love |Aliza Sir |Aja Frost |Sarah Jacobson
Interview by and . The other day, I (Aliza) was catching up with a friend, who’s newly single at 34. “Dating in my thirties feels completely different,” she told me. “My questions have changed from wanting to know where someone went to college to how they see the future — and that’s on date one!” It made me think about how the questions we ask potential partners evolve as we get older and our priorities shift.
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3 weeks ago | 
platonicloveletter.substack.com | Aja Frost |Aliza Sir
Interview by . Edited by . Artist Elsie lives in a 1976 apartment in Western Australia with her partner, Jay (a writer), and their cat, Yardy. Their home is filled with rich colors, vintage furniture, and lots and lots of art. “I think visitors can be a bit overwhelmed when they first walk in due to the intensity of the colors and all the knickknacks,” says Elsie, “but people are really receptive to spaces that are unapologetically full of character.” Take a look around with us...
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4 weeks ago | 
platonicloveletter.substack.com | Aliza Sir
Written by . Edited by . Every night since last December, my two-and-a-half-year-old son has danced along to the Nutcracker. platonic love is a newsletter by friends, for friends. Last night, he started crying unexpectedly, his small felt Nutcracker dangling from his left hand. “This not Nutcracker,” he said through his tears. My husband and I looked at the Amazon Echo on the kitchen counter. Its screen showed The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. “Not right,” he said again.
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1 month ago | 
platonicloveletter.substack.com | Jacqueline Nesi |Platonic Love
Hi! How was your weekend? Aja and I finally turned months of “we should double date more” into reality on Saturday night, catching a movie with our respective Sams. (1/4 of us actually likedthe movie — but the laughs we had dissecting it afterward more than made up for the questionable plot.)We capped the night at a favorite Cambridge dive from my early twenties.
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1 month ago | 
platonicloveletter.substack.com | Aja Frost |Aliza Sir |Lindsey Stanberry
If you enjoy reading Platonic Love, there are a few ways to let us know: “like” this post, buy us a coffee, or upgrade to a Paid subscription. We read every single comment, mention, and subscriber note. Thanks for all of your support!Written by . Edited by .
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1 month ago | 
platonicloveletter.substack.com | Aja Frost
Written by an anonymous reader. Edited by . (Small details have been altered to protect the writer’s anonymity.)Last week, we shared hundreds of responses to our survey on how you talk about sex with your friends. We wanted to understand everything: how often these conversations happen, how detailed they get, what makes them possible or impossible, and how they change over time.
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1 month ago | 
platonicloveletter.substack.com | Aja Frost |Aliza Sir
Written by . Editing and graphics by . Last summer, I (Aja) was at dinner with friends when someone who’d just started Invisalign asked: “But what do you do when you want to… you know?” and gestured at her mouth. “Go to the bathroom and take them out,” another friend said without missing a beat. This was the first time someone had mentioned sex in months, maybe longer — and I had lots of follow-up questions. So we were still going down on our partners? How often?
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1 month ago | 
platonicloveletter.substack.com | Pandora Sykes |Platonic Love
Hi! How’s everyone doing? I (Aliza) have a big week ahead — with some intimidating personal stuff — but as I told my friend Suz, I’m *trying* to be kind to myself, sleep a lot, and do a few fun things, too. Speaking of fun… I’m so excited to introduce you to this week’s guest!platonic love is a newsletter by friends, for friends.
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2 months ago | 
platonicloveletter.substack.com | Aliza Sir |Aja Frost
Interview by . Edited by . I (Aliza) found Mother Untitled, an online community for women downshifting or pausing their careers, at a pivotal moment — when I had just gone back to work after having my son. It was so comforting and refreshing to hear from women talking about the realities of motherhood: both the sublime and the extremely hard. Mother Untitled’s founder, Neha Ruch, lives in Manhattan with her husband, two children, and dog, Coconut.
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2 months ago | 
platonicloveletter.substack.com | Aja Frost |Aliza Sir |Natalie B. Compton
Written by . Edited by . Here’s what I’ve learned about hosting: The best dinner parties aren’t the ones with the perfect menu or gorgeous table setting — they’re the ones where people feel comfortable enough to ask for seconds, open up about their bad day, and linger over the last bite of cake. This realization didn’t come easily. The first time Sam and I (Aja) hosted a dinner in our tiny Cambridge apartment, I had what can only be described as a complete meltdown over our lack of table mats.