![]() ![]() Their bond had no restraints: they could do as they pleased, knowing that the love between them remained the same. Vita was married to Harold Nicolson, but they had quite a liberal marriage: they both had affairs outside of their relationship, sometimes with men others, with women, and they always shared the details. ![]() This way, the rejected bond finds a way to continue flourishing. Nothing escapes the realms of the letter, and what goes on in there can be kept a secret, hidden from the judging eyes of society. ![]() One of the means for their relationship to unfold is through letter: it is an intimate space where feelings can be truly expressed. For them, a dinner party or a social gathering were perfect opportunities for their relationship to grow: a chance to see their loved one. Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West are an example of this. It’s not easy to suppress feelings, thus the traces of the attachment start to appear on the margins of everyday life, in the gaps between what’s expected. Love relationships that don’t comply with society’s hegemonic standards have been censored and harassed for ages and as a result, these relationships are concealed from the public for fear of rejection or repudiation. ![]()
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