James Sexton

The left, because it's got a lot of gender stuff in it.

which becomes fraught terrain.

And on the right, they don't want to have to look at the fact that the wealth disparity in the United States is a big piece of this.

It has not changed marriage for the better.

It has changed it for the worse.

I think unequivocally.

There's a chapter in my book called, if we were going to invent an infidelity generating machine, it would be called Facebook.

I would probably change that now to meta or because I think Instagram and TikTok are better.

But look, I think, you know, Ed, you're too young to remember the song Part-Time Lover by Stevie Wonder.

But it was a song about a man who's having an affair and he's singing to his mistress.

And he says, you know, call up, ring once, hang up the phone to let me know you made it home.

So then my wife won't suspect, you know, and the whole song is about like if there's an emergency, have a male friend call and ask for me.

Now it would just be, I'm going to text you.

Don't worry, I'll DM you.

We have created technologies that are wildly antagonistic to monogamous pair bonds because A, you're watching everyone else's relationship greatest hits while living your gag reel, which creates this endless comparison.

And by the way, I cannot tell you how many people

celebrities, because I represent a lot of athletes, celebrities, that I see them on social media, hashtag blessed, greatest husband ever.

And they were just in my office.

They were just in my office for a consultation.

They've been living apart for the last two years.