clacke
"Voting isn’t marriage - it’s public transport. You are not waiting for “the one” who is absolutely perfect."
With this metric, is even marriage like marriage? Do people believe there is exactly one person out of seven billion that is your soulmate and you have to find them?
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clacke
ebbtide
@clacke The marrieage vows ask for committment, albeit so often disregarded.
Mans R
@clacke @sandlapper37 The time table not so much.
clacke
Mans R
@clacke @sandlapper37 A lot of people, at least those on dating apps, seem to think there's always someone better.
Mans R
@clacke @sandlapper37 And buses are definitely into threesomes.
clacke
clacke
@mpjgregoire I wasn't aware that Samuel Johnson had such renown and that people would be quoting his biographies. He seems quite interesting.
He doesn't seem to hold women in very high regard though, so I wouldn't interpret that quote too charitably.
It's probably less about realistic expectations and investing attention, and more about women as replaceable temptresses.
M. Grégoire
@clacke I gave this sort of thing a fair amount of thought back in my early 30s. This essay was good, as I recall: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/03/marry-him/306651/
Dr. Johnson also had some wisdom on the idea of "The One":
Boswell: "Pray, Sir, do you not suppose that there are fifty women in the world, with any one of whom a man may be as happy, as with any one woman in particular?" Johnson: "Ay, Sir, fifty thousand."
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