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Aishwarya Kapoor

Falling in Love After 40: Why the Fear Is Real and Why the Healing Runs Deeper Than You Think

The fear has a very precise shape

You are not afraid of love in the abstract. You are afraid of a specific Tuesday afternoon when someone you have let in goes quiet and you cannot tell if it means something or nothing. You are afraid of rearranging your kitchen for a person and then having to put everything back. You are afraid of your own face when you check your phone and he hasn't replied, because you recognise that face. You've worn it before.

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