When it comes to the nature of attraction, essayist and novelist Annie Dillard鈥攚hose dozen books include The Maytrees, about lifelong love on Cape Cod鈥攈as learned a thing or two. So when we asked her for some practical wisdom, she didn鈥檛 hesitate to dish out a little radical honesty.
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“For a man, the best evolutionary strategy is impregnating as many young women as possible. For a woman, the best strategy is to stick around to ensure that her children survive infancy and childhood. Consequently, the people alive on earth today鈥攚hose genes have survived this long鈥攁re horny men and nurturing women. You may have noticed this.鈥�
How to find a partner who shares your passion for living bravely.On Ownership
鈥淢arriage is fine, but joint ownership of property is no fun, and neither is joint renting. Keep your hovels. The happiest couple I know live on separate Florida keys. Weekends apart also work; I鈥檝e done that. By the time my husband came back, I was wildly eager to see him.鈥�
On Domesticity
鈥淥rdinary chores consume whole lives, and since few people can believe this, couples spend their whole lives fighting about the massive amounts of housework living entails, each blaming the other for not doing
a fair share.鈥�
On the Golden Years
鈥淢aybe old couples are so happy鈥攕o very much happier each decade鈥攂ecause almost all their decisions are over. It鈥檚 This Person or it鈥檚 No One. You wonder why you ever shed a tear over anyone else.鈥�
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