[Unedited] Alain de Botton with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person
Soi endedu writing this piece, which which i title why you will marry the wrong person. And what i meant by that is a that the person you marry will not be mister or missus wright as defined by romantic culture. The vision of the right person is the one that gives us so much grief and sets us off on all sorts of now chimerical journeys that lead nowhere. Ansi: I think there's sentimental optimism, which ultimately leads to cynicism and despair. But true hope has to be grounded in pessimism....
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