RELATIONSHIPS: Why Everything You Know About Them Is (Mostly) Wrong
The Next Big Idea
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You Fall in Love Because You Did Those Fun Things Together
There's this principal in psychology called emotional contagion. We're going to associate those, pavlovstyle, with the people around us. So if you're having yet another night of nettle and pizza, that can get kind of boring. You are probably going to associate that with your partner. And if you want to sustain it, that needs to be a part of it. The magic sole mates thing can work against us by making us passive.
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