Anyone know of good writing with growth-oriented arguments for marriage or long-term romantic commitments? Mostly I find stability arguments, or reactions against monogamy (uninteresting), or people taking the goodness of committed LTRs/marriage for granted.
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Replying to @vgr
I’m not sure I have arguments, more like observations + enthusiasm
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing @vgr
specialness of human pair bond cf. other great apes, observation of conflict and stress in polygamous families/societies
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing @vgr
and behind it all the possibility of human pair bond as an optimal zone of total alignment of interests
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing @vgr
pretty cool even ignoring the personal growth possible from epistemic bonding/specialization within couple
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
What’s the difference between that and total codependence? What’s the reading of couples where partners die within days of each other (not suicide, just one dying = other gives up)
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Replying to @vgr
I’m not sure I believe in codependence but I hear the word a lot
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing @vgr
pair bond at best is like becoming a two-person superorganism - doing it with more than 2 people very hard to scale
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cc my husband lol @DoTheWeirdStuff
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also (n²-n)/2
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