Exploring how shared values, beliefs, and visions are crucial for nurturing long-term relationships and overcoming conflicts that can arise from initial differences. The chapter underscores the need for a blend of emotions, actions, beliefs, and physicality for sustaining love stories into enduring partnerships.
Esther Perel says monogamy is now a choice rather than a given, so we must thoughtfully negotiate needs instead of feeling entitled to fulfill every desire. She believes partners who share core values and life vision, not just attraction, create relationships that thrive long-term. Though novelty and differences draw us in initially, over time differing worldviews often spark conflict with those we love. Ultimately Perel advises examining what fulfills us before exercising all our options.
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