Customs of courtship vary greatly in different times and places, but the way the thing happens to be done here and now always seems the only natural way to do it. Wylie, Philip, The Disappearance , Pocket Books, 1958. Collected in E Pluribus Unicorn , which, like the rest of Sturgeon's works, has been out of print for decades. North Atlantic Books is in the process of reprinting his stories in a proposed 10 volume set. Nice Jewish boy meets crazy, mixed-up shiksa.
Unbridled lust wreaks havoc.
Your basic love triangle. Both funny and sad, in a touching sort of way. You have to find yourself before you can find anyone else. The classic about love between shy people. How not to be Humphrey Bogart.