[Unedited] Alain de Botton with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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Is Marriage Unnecessary?
In days when there were extended families, marriages were held by a larger network of relationships. I wonder what our role is to be with each other's marriages, or with each other's long term love. Marriage is in a way, a willing shackling of two people to one another. You throw away the key and you cage yourself. And i think that most marriages, even quite good ones, probably hov at least one time a week when one's just dying to run away....
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