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I have had some amazing relationships with amazing women, and looking back, I didn't always understand at the time the exact cause of the breakup, but knew it w
by mikelyons 7y ago
I have had some amazing relationships with amazing women, and looking back, I didn't always understand at the time the exact cause of the breakup, but knew it was my fault.
Now I understand that it was always my immaturity and selfishness that was causing it.
I still have a lot of Love for all those women who put up with me while I was growing (and continue to).
Some will never speak to me again though ...
- koheripbal 7y agoI'm going to go out on a limb and say that men and women are wired differently when it comes to sex and relationships. The instinctual influence over men to have sex with multiple partners, I believe influences their desire to still "feel good" about prior partners. ...whereas a woman's instinctual desire to find a man to protect her offspring influences her desire to "feel bad" about prior partners who didn't stick around. Of course, we're above these instincts cognitively, but it's folly to think they have no influence on our emotional association to past partners.
- mikelyons 7y agoIs it possible that it's folly to think we're above these instincts cognitively?
- krapp 7y agoI think we're capable of rising above our instincts as a sentient species, and as a result human relationship desires are far more diverse than they would be for any other species of great ape, but instinct is not the only source of selection pressure involved, since those instincts are often reinforced by culture and society, religion and sometimes by law.