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The Romantic Myth Is So Strong That It Survives The Wear And Tear Of Marriage By Simply Detaching From It And Floating Up On Ahead, And Women Who Are Rather Fond Of The Men They Married, As Well As Ones Who Are Not, Go Through Life With A Bag Packed For The Day When The Shining Knight On A White Charger Arrives, Just In Case He Does.

But Who Would Rush At A Benighted Man, And Give Him Two Black Eyes For Being Blind?

Friends Are People Who Help You Be More Yourself, More The Person You Are Intended To Be.

I'm Not Sure There Can Be Loving Without Commitment, Although Commitment Takes All Kinds Of Forms, And There Can Be Commitment For The Moment As Well As Commitment For All Time. The Kind That Is Essential For Loving Marriages - And Love Affairs, As Well - Is A Commitment To Preserving The Essential Quality Of Your Partner's Soul, Adding To Them As A Person Rather Than Taking Away.

The Dream Of Romantic Love Is Taken More Seriously In North America Than It Is Anywhere Else In The World, Which Is Why We Believe In Fidelity And Why We Believe In Infidelity As Well. It Is Also, Of Course, What Makes Our Divorce Rate As High As It Is. Falling In Love At First Sight And Instant Gratification Are Part Of The World In Which We Live, So There Are People Who Believe Adamantly In Fidelity. They Just Don't Believe In It For Long.