This all started with a Twitter conversation (like most good things in my life). There's a framework many of us absorb without questioning: physical intimacy without commitment is spiritually empty, while "real" love only exists in long-term relationships. When we accept that love must be measured by duration, we've already conceded something deeper: that time is the primary metric of value.

This all started with a Twitter conversation (like most good things in my life). There's a framework many of us absorb without questioning: physical intimacy without commitment is spiritually empty, while "real" love only exists in long-term relationships. When we accept that love must be measured by duration, we've already conceded something deeper: that time is the primary metric of value.