Arthur Brooks

Right? Yeah. Companionate love has tons of passion in it, but companionate love is based on best friendship. That's what it's based on. The foundation is friendship. The foundation of enduring love, enduring romantic love is friendship. Here's the reason that people will fall in love and then will break up and realize they hate each other. They don't just like whatever, they hate each other.

Right? Yeah. Companionate love has tons of passion in it, but companionate love is based on best friendship. That's what it's based on. The foundation is friendship. The foundation of enduring love, enduring romantic love is friendship. Here's the reason that people will fall in love and then will break up and realize they hate each other. They don't just like whatever, they hate each other.

Right? Yeah. Companionate love has tons of passion in it, but companionate love is based on best friendship. That's what it's based on. The foundation is friendship. The foundation of enduring love, enduring romantic love is friendship. Here's the reason that people will fall in love and then will break up and realize they hate each other. They don't just like whatever, they hate each other.

The reason is because they're disappointed about the fact that they actually were incompatible as friends. And they've slept together. Right, right. You know, they've traveled together. They've done all this stuff. They told each other their secrets. They didn't like each other. And they're not even friends. They don't even like each other.

The reason is because they're disappointed about the fact that they actually were incompatible as friends. And they've slept together. Right, right. You know, they've traveled together. They've done all this stuff. They told each other their secrets. They didn't like each other. And they're not even friends. They don't even like each other.

The reason is because they're disappointed about the fact that they actually were incompatible as friends. And they've slept together. Right, right. You know, they've traveled together. They've done all this stuff. They told each other their secrets. They didn't like each other. And they're not even friends. They don't even like each other.

Right? And we figured out what works for us. Yeah. And that sounds awful. Yeah, yeah. You know what's more awful? Is not being able to stay in love. That's right. Not being able to actually have a best friend. Not having the person who truly understands you at a deep level. Yeah. It's better.

Right? And we figured out what works for us. Yeah. And that sounds awful. Yeah, yeah. You know what's more awful? Is not being able to stay in love. That's right. Not being able to actually have a best friend. Not having the person who truly understands you at a deep level. Yeah. It's better.

Right? And we figured out what works for us. Yeah. And that sounds awful. Yeah, yeah. You know what's more awful? Is not being able to stay in love. That's right. Not being able to actually have a best friend. Not having the person who truly understands you at a deep level. Yeah. It's better.

I mean, marriages tend to be happier when they're based on best friendship and where they're still sleeping together. Of course, of course. But the truth of the matter is that you can't make the enemy the perfect enemy of the good. That's right. Right? When we're talking about these things. So there's all sorts of ways to organize your life.

I mean, marriages tend to be happier when they're based on best friendship and where they're still sleeping together. Of course, of course. But the truth of the matter is that you can't make the enemy the perfect enemy of the good. That's right. Right? When we're talking about these things. So there's all sorts of ways to organize your life.

I mean, marriages tend to be happier when they're based on best friendship and where they're still sleeping together. Of course, of course. But the truth of the matter is that you can't make the enemy the perfect enemy of the good. That's right. Right? When we're talking about these things. So there's all sorts of ways to organize your life.

But a marriage cannot be organized over the long term around something that's not deep friendship. That's a constant.

But a marriage cannot be organized over the long term around something that's not deep friendship. That's a constant.

But a marriage cannot be organized over the long term around something that's not deep friendship. That's a constant.

Totally. Totally. Totally.

Totally. Totally. Totally.

Totally. Totally. Totally.

That's not Disney. That's not Disney. It's my best friend. I mean, that's not the end of the film. It's my best friend. It's like, dude, I don't know. That's not happily ever after in the movies, but that is happily ever after in real life.

That's not Disney. That's not Disney. It's my best friend. I mean, that's not the end of the film. It's my best friend. It's like, dude, I don't know. That's not happily ever after in the movies, but that is happily ever after in real life.