I’m wondering if we are living too long now to be with one person. I say this because a friend reminded me the other day that humans use to only live until their 30s and it was no big deal to be with someone for 10-20 years because that was your lifetime. Now we are living until our 80s, 90s and that means if we are married sometime in our 20s or 30s then we would theoretically be with one person for more than 50 years! That’s a helluva long time to be with one person. On top of that, genetically speaking humans really aren’t meant to be monogamous.
We all go through phases as we age and our needs change. What I wanted when I was a teenager was different in my 20s and is again changing in my 30s.
So what I’m asking here is along with the two, three or more phases in our lives, multiple career changes, should we have a different partner for each phase?
Something to listen to while you ponder this – Goodbye my Lover by James Blunt.
