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I don't think it needs to be "wife" other than to rhyme. Having a happy partner instead of an unhappy partner (regardless of gender) is certainly better (speaki

by rapind 3y ago

I don't think it needs to be "wife" other than to rhyme. Having a happy partner instead of an unhappy partner (regardless of gender) is certainly better (speaking from experience). This matters in business too.

slowhadoken 3y ago
I mean you just compared a wife to a business partner so that’s not a great sign.
- rapind 3y ago
  That's a pretty creative translation of what I actually said.
- bigbillheck 3y ago
  Surely this is not the first time you've heard 'partner' to refer to someone in the other half of a committed relationship.
- cobertos 3y ago
  Honestly, the relationships are similar. They both require a lot of trust and companionship to be successful, you spend a lot of time with both people but in very different ways Finding good business partners is like dating
  - slowhadoken 3y ago
    It’s kinda like a boss saying “we’re a family”
- chongli 3y ago
  Marriage has for most of its history been an arrangement for securing alliances and ensuring transfer of generational wealth. Since the sexual revolution [1] the pendulum has swung completely back the other way and attitudes toward marriage have focused almost exclusively on romance. The problem since then is that hormonally-driven romantic attachment is fleeting and unreliable, so security of relationships has dropped dramatically. If people want to have a long-lasting and successful marriage they need to be clear-eyed and pragmatic about it. The fact that Hollywood makes a fortune selling romantic stories has not helped! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_revolution
  - slowhadoken 3y ago
    And now forced marriage is included in the category of modern day slavery. Marriage is work but it’s not a hostage negotiation situation. I see a lot of guys crushed by marriage, this idea that it pure benefits men is nonsense.

by rapind 3y ago

slowhadoken 3y ago

I mean you just compared a wife to a business partner so that’s not a great sign.

rapind 3y ago
That's a pretty creative translation of what I actually said.
bigbillheck 3y ago
Surely this is not the first time you've heard 'partner' to refer to someone in the other half of a committed relationship.
cobertos 3y ago
Honestly, the relationships are similar. They both require a lot of trust and companionship to be successful, you spend a lot of time with both people but in very different ways Finding good business partners is like dating
- slowhadoken 3y ago
  It’s kinda like a boss saying “we’re a family”
chongli 3y ago
Marriage has for most of its history been an arrangement for securing alliances and ensuring transfer of generational wealth. Since the sexual revolution [1] the pendulum has swung completely back the other way and attitudes toward marriage have focused almost exclusively on romance. The problem since then is that hormonally-driven romantic attachment is fleeting and unreliable, so security of relationships has dropped dramatically. If people want to have a long-lasting and successful marriage they need to be clear-eyed and pragmatic about it. The fact that Hollywood makes a fortune selling romantic stories has not helped! [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_revolution
- slowhadoken 3y ago
  And now forced marriage is included in the category of modern day slavery. Marriage is work but it’s not a hostage negotiation situation. I see a lot of guys crushed by marriage, this idea that it pure benefits men is nonsense.