alternatives - by Elaine - manners & mystery
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a case against marriage and monogamy
Jeffrey Smart, Lovers by House, 1956 I used to think that relationships were fundamentally fragile. But I think it’s like this: bonds that are cherished and loosely held are stronger than ironclad, legally binding contracts. At the end of last year, I had a realization that despite spending a lot of time dating because presumably I wanted to be in a relationship, I had no idea what this relationship would look like. I used to assume I would get married, settle down, and have kids. But the prospect of marital domesticity—living with one partner day-in, day-out for the rest of my life—seemed…
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