Monogamy
That, for me, may be the most persuasive argument for monogamy: it lets you keep all your inside jokes in one place.
Ada Calhoun • Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give
we worry about how problematic sex has become with our long-term partner due to mutual resentments over childcare and finances; or about our addiction to internet pornography; or about the fact that we seem to crave sex only with people we don’t love; or about whether, by having had an affair with someone at work, we have irretrievably broken our s
... See moreThe School of Life • How To Think More About Sex (School of Life)
"Marriage was an economic institution in which you were given a partnership for life in terms of children and social status and succession and companionship. But now we want our partner to still give us all these things, but in addition I want you to be my best friend and my trusted confidant and my passionate lover to boot, and we live twice as lo... See more
Aziz Ansari • Modern Romance
People are prone to conversion experiences when they can no longer bear the complexity of their own minds.