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How to Start Over: When Partnership Is Not the Destination

How to Know What’s Real

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Single People Don't Need a Romantic Partner to Drive Home

When people move in with the romantic partner, or when they get married, they become more insular. Sociologists who study this have a tern for it. They call it greedy marriage. And single people, especially people who are single at heart, don't do that. It's an example of a way in which our medical system is built around the assumption that you have someone to drive you home from your doctor's appointment. Even if you have a spouse, a romantic partner, maybe they actually have a job, and it's not going to be that easy for them to take time off an work. Or if you're older, maybe your romantic partner isn't able to drive any

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