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Eric Barker | The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships is (Mostly) Wrong

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

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Is Friendship the End of the World?

i wanted to bring back a clip from a previous episode with lydia denworth, who wrote a book about the psychology of friendship. She said that being friends means ignoring the strict accounting of favors. Why do true friendships make us happier than spouses are children? Because there 're always a deliberate choice, never an obligation. Friendship is more real because either person can walk away at any time. Its fragility proves its purity.

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