ʻO ka noho pū ʻana he hoʻokolohua mau. ʻO ka noho like ʻana ma waena o kēlā mau mea i ke aloha e neʻe mau i nā ʻano ʻokoʻa o kahi pōʻaiapuni kuhi ʻole.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka kāne ma ke ʻano he malihini ʻaʻole ia he mea ʻē loa (pono ka uwē ʻana). ʻO ka maikaʻi o ka mea mua i ke aloha e waiho i kona mau hemahema, malia paha i kona mau hewa a hāʻawi i ka maikaʻi iā ia iho. Noho ka effervescence o ke kino no kekahi manawa. Hoʻopili nā mea a pau i hoʻololi ʻia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, no ka maikaʻi a i ʻole ka ʻino, akā ʻaʻole mālama i kona ʻano kumu.
ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke aloha, kona ʻano hoʻokalakupua a pōʻino paha (e pili ana i ke ʻano o kou nānā ʻana iā ia) he kaʻina noʻonoʻo e pakele i nā ʻepekema mua a i ʻole ka manaʻo.
A ma laila e hoʻomaka ai kēia puke, e pili ana i ka ʻepekema o ke aloha, empiricism. E hōʻea i ka ʻike o ka palena hope ma mua o ke aloha.
Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Mary, he wahine ma waena o kahi alahele pilikino, e komo i kahi hana kūʻokoʻa ma lalo o ka enigmatic umbrella o "Girlfriend Experiment". Lawe ʻo Mary i kāna kuleana ma ke ʻano he hoaaloha naʻau, i uku ʻia e nā wahine ʻē aʻe i hāʻawi ʻia i nā kuleana hoʻohui.
ʻO ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka pilina ʻo Kurt, he mea hoʻokani hope i hope e ʻimi ana i nā pane i kāna mau hemahema. Hele maikaʻi ʻo Mary lāua ʻo Kurt, malia paha ua hūnā ʻia lāua ʻelua i ko lāua aloha aloha i kekahi hōʻike. A hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka hōʻike ʻana ma waena o ʻelua.
ʻO Mary a me nā kaikamāhine ʻē aʻe, e like me Kurt, kokoke paha i ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea i loko o ke aloha, nā hoʻololi a me nā pohō nui loa.
A e ʻike lākou i nā nuances o ke aloha i hōʻike ʻia i loko o ka puke i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o nā manaʻo contradictory o ke ʻano maoli o ka hoʻokolohua, i lilo i hyperrealistic a i ʻole ka moemoeā.
Nā pane i ka mea? ʻAʻole paha e like me ka mea a mākou e manaʻo ai a i ʻole nā mea āpau paha e hiki ai i ka mea heluhelu ke heluhelu ma waena o nā laina, hiki ke wehewehe i nā hōʻailona a empathizing, o ke mimicking i nā hana i ʻike ʻia e Mary a me Kurt.
ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona wahine e pili ana i kēia mea he mea nui hoʻi. ʻIke ʻokoʻa ke aloha i nā kāne a me nā wahine ma muli o nā kūlana kūwaho?
ʻO ka ʻike o ka mea ʻē aʻe a me ia iho i ka manawa e hāʻule ai i ke aloha ke kī. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana ʻo wai mākou i ka hoʻomaka o ka flirtation ʻaʻole ia e pale i ka lele liʻuliʻu o ke kuko, akā pale paha ia i nā moeʻuhane wahaheʻe a i ʻole nā manaʻolana lapuwale.
A ʻo ka ʻakaʻaka, ʻike pū mākou i ka ʻakaʻaka o kā mākou mau ʻehaʻeha e like me nā mea i ʻike ʻia i nā loli naʻau.
ʻO kahi puke moʻolelo piha e pili ana i ke aloha i hoʻokokoke loa ma mua o ke ʻano aloha e hiki ai i kahi kikoʻī. No ka mea, ʻaʻole hiki ke ola maoli me ke aloha ʻole.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke i kēia manawa ʻO nā pane, ka puke hou a Catherine Lacey, maanei: