What if I am quirkyalone until I find a partner, and then find myself reenacting every sick cliché I once railed against?
A. For starters, know that you are not alone. The quirkyalone’s deeply romantic nature can cause those who do fall in love to fall hard, sometimes even leading to into obsessive behavior. Read more about the perils of QA love in “The Dark Side of the Quirkyalone: R.O. (Romantic Obsession).” But you don’t have to be a cliché. Recognizing ways that your new couple status contradicts your aforementioned belief system is the start of being quirkytogether, a more liberated version of coupling that will allow you to preserve the best parts of being single and coupled. Read more on the transition to quirkytogether in chapter 6.
