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Welcome aBoard, Cath. Your book sounds great. Well, there's always 'old flame'. First love or first crush, if the number's correct. (Somehow second love, etc., just doesn't have the same impact!) Oh--heartthrob? I suppose you could get lengthier with something along the lines of "the one whose protective shell remained impervious to the love I poured over it" (yeah, yeah, sign me up for Bulwer-Lytton). Or how about "mistaken soulmate"? Also--you might try a thesaurus, if you haven't.
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Jackie, why would you want to call this person a thesaurus? Is there something I'm missing here?
Cathy, in every relationship there is one who loves and one who allows himself to be loved.(I forget who said it, and I'm not sure it's worth googling because I think it was originally said in French.)
This use of Lover and Beloved immediately calls to mind the Greek e)rwn and
e)rwmenos. Is this what you are aiming at?
Bingley
