(In)complete Understanding

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  • There was a really intriguing interview on KCRW’s Life Examined podcast with Alain de Botton where he said, “…if someone makes you feel like anything that goes through your mind is something they may be interested in… however outlandish and strange, if your partner is curious about that, they see it as part of their role as partner to be curious about your mind and to be open, I think this is the most attractive quality… I don’t think anyone who is on the receiving end of that openness will ever leave their partner… there is literally nothing more guaranteed to make a relationship last.”

title: “(In)complete Understanding” author: “ava.substack.com” url: ”https://ava.substack.com/p/incomplete-understanding/comment/7497528” date: 2023-12-19 source: hypothesis tags: media/articles

(In)complete Understanding

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  • There was a really intriguing interview on KCRW’s Life Examined podcast with Alain de Botton where he said, “…if someone makes you feel like anything that goes through your mind is something they may be interested in… however outlandish and strange, if your partner is curious about that, they see it as part of their role as partner to be curious about your mind and to be open, I think this is the most attractive quality… I don’t think anyone who is on the receiving end of that openness will ever leave their partner… there is literally nothing more guaranteed to make a relationship last.”