Arthur Aron

And those who had been more bored eight years earlier were likely to now to have less satisfaction.

Well, I think especially in our culture and in most modern cultures, you hope for more in a relationship. So if you're feeling bored, you're not getting everything you'd like from it.

Well, I think especially in our culture and in most modern cultures, you hope for more in a relationship. So if you're feeling bored, you're not getting everything you'd like from it.

Well, I think especially in our culture and in most modern cultures, you hope for more in a relationship. So if you're feeling bored, you're not getting everything you'd like from it.

Well, we've shown that there's a whole bunch of evolutionary work. One main evolutionary thing is survival. The other is growth, change, expansion, what we call expansion. You want to increase who you are, to increase your resources, increase your knowledge. And the other thing we've shown in our research is that when you form a relationship, the other becomes part of who you are.

Well, we've shown that there's a whole bunch of evolutionary work. One main evolutionary thing is survival. The other is growth, change, expansion, what we call expansion. You want to increase who you are, to increase your resources, increase your knowledge. And the other thing we've shown in our research is that when you form a relationship, the other becomes part of who you are.

Well, we've shown that there's a whole bunch of evolutionary work. One main evolutionary thing is survival. The other is growth, change, expansion, what we call expansion. You want to increase who you are, to increase your resources, increase your knowledge. And the other thing we've shown in our research is that when you form a relationship, the other becomes part of who you are.

Relationships are a major way that you can expand rapidly. So when you get close to someone, you include them in the self. And that means that you grow because you've included their resources, their knowledge, their experiences. So you grow. And when that happens at the beginning, it's a rapid expansion of the self. And it's very rewarding.

Relationships are a major way that you can expand rapidly. So when you get close to someone, you include them in the self. And that means that you grow because you've included their resources, their knowledge, their experiences. So you grow. And when that happens at the beginning, it's a rapid expansion of the self. And it's very rewarding.

Relationships are a major way that you can expand rapidly. So when you get close to someone, you include them in the self. And that means that you grow because you've included their resources, their knowledge, their experiences. So you grow. And when that happens at the beginning, it's a rapid expansion of the self. And it's very rewarding.

Over time, it's not that exciting anymore because it's not new expansion.

Over time, it's not that exciting anymore because it's not new expansion.

Over time, it's not that exciting anymore because it's not new expansion.

Well, yes, but they also become part of us. So their abilities and their resources, we actually mix up with our own. We've done a lot of research showing that we mix up memories, we mix up who has what qualities, all sorts of stuff. I sometimes think I know things my partner knows that I don't, or that sort of thing.

Well, yes, but they also become part of us. So their abilities and their resources, we actually mix up with our own. We've done a lot of research showing that we mix up memories, we mix up who has what qualities, all sorts of stuff. I sometimes think I know things my partner knows that I don't, or that sort of thing.

Well, yes, but they also become part of us. So their abilities and their resources, we actually mix up with our own. We've done a lot of research showing that we mix up memories, we mix up who has what qualities, all sorts of stuff. I sometimes think I know things my partner knows that I don't, or that sort of thing.

So you feel you know more than you did, you feel you have more resources than you did, all sorts of things.

So you feel you know more than you did, you feel you have more resources than you did, all sorts of things.

So you feel you know more than you did, you feel you have more resources than you did, all sorts of things.

Well, I think you want to be able to do more, to get more, to acquire more. It's just normal and natural and to explore and find new things that make life better. And so we're wired to have that, this idea of growth and, you know, wanting to know more, explore, all of that, seeking more. growth and expansion and creativity.