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Has love fallen into the realm of planned obsolescence? Where beautifully packaged, terribly fragile emotions are evidence of having reached the summit of our aspirations, only to be left yearning, craving that next big hit? Desire is the newest addiction. The feeling of “want” being much more thrilling than the comfort of being satisfied. Craving ... See more
it. I tried the whole intellectual route. I told her, ‘Honestly, everyone loves more than one person and people often lie about that.
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
In living out a commitment, each party understands the fickleness of feelings, so they bind their future selves to specific obligations. Spouses love each other, but they bind themselves down with a legal, public, and often religious marriage commitment, to limit their future choices for those times when they get on each other’s nerves.
David Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
The unfaithful partner has insufficient constraints in themselves. In other words, their selfishness trumps their relationality. Sooner or later they’d cheat on anyone. The issue in these cases is narcissism and entitlement. Life is short. I deserve it. The relationship has become so unsatisfying—so contentious, or distant, or dead—that the cheater
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