Jordan Peterson

Well, you see, Michaela, my suspicions are, look, if you stay within the boundaries of the norm, everybody knows what to do. There's a script. You know how to have Thanksgiving dinner together. You know how to have Christmas together. You know how to treat your son's wife's children. Everyone knows that. All right, now, if you throw a left curve into that, well, what are the rules exactly?

Well, you see, Michaela, my suspicions are, look, if you stay within the boundaries of the norm, everybody knows what to do. There's a script. You know how to have Thanksgiving dinner together. You know how to have Christmas together. You know how to treat your son's wife's children. Everyone knows that. All right, now, if you throw a left curve into that, well, what are the rules exactly?

Well, you see, Michaela, my suspicions are, look, if you stay within the boundaries of the norm, everybody knows what to do. There's a script. You know how to have Thanksgiving dinner together. You know how to have Christmas together. You know how to treat your son's wife's children. Everyone knows that. All right, now, if you throw a left curve into that, well, what are the rules exactly?

And the answer to that is you have to negotiate them from scratch for everything. Well, people are terrible at negotiating. And so the probability that they're going to come up with a solution for that inside a family is extremely low. You're basically negotiating a whole new social contract. And so... Part of the advantage to marriage is like a serious reduction in complexity.

And the answer to that is you have to negotiate them from scratch for everything. Well, people are terrible at negotiating. And so the probability that they're going to come up with a solution for that inside a family is extremely low. You're basically negotiating a whole new social contract. And so... Part of the advantage to marriage is like a serious reduction in complexity.

And the answer to that is you have to negotiate them from scratch for everything. Well, people are terrible at negotiating. And so the probability that they're going to come up with a solution for that inside a family is extremely low. You're basically negotiating a whole new social contract. And so... Part of the advantage to marriage is like a serious reduction in complexity.

You know, you have someone that you can rely on for the long run, you can make practical and contractual relationships with them, you can chart your course, you don't have to manage the

You know, you have someone that you can rely on for the long run, you can make practical and contractual relationships with them, you can chart your course, you don't have to manage the

You know, you have someone that you can rely on for the long run, you can make practical and contractual relationships with them, you can chart your course, you don't have to manage the

cascading consequences of multiple relationships and what all of a sudden people are they're not going to have sexual jealousy that's just going to disappear somehow and everyone's going to love each other equally that's going to happen that never happens that's never happened anywhere ever even once to anyone it's it's preposterous now what would i do if that situation arose with my own kids

cascading consequences of multiple relationships and what all of a sudden people are they're not going to have sexual jealousy that's just going to disappear somehow and everyone's going to love each other equally that's going to happen that never happens that's never happened anywhere ever even once to anyone it's it's preposterous now what would i do if that situation arose with my own kids

cascading consequences of multiple relationships and what all of a sudden people are they're not going to have sexual jealousy that's just going to disappear somehow and everyone's going to love each other equally that's going to happen that never happens that's never happened anywhere ever even once to anyone it's it's preposterous now what would i do if that situation arose with my own kids

I don't know if I'd be the one in our family that would put down the boundary. That might be your mom, you know, because she's probably more capable than me of saying, I'm not going to stand by you while you walk off the edge of a cliff. Now, I would like to think that I would fight it out because I don't want to have anything between us.

I don't know if I'd be the one in our family that would put down the boundary. That might be your mom, you know, because she's probably more capable than me of saying, I'm not going to stand by you while you walk off the edge of a cliff. Now, I would like to think that I would fight it out because I don't want to have anything between us.

I don't know if I'd be the one in our family that would put down the boundary. That might be your mom, you know, because she's probably more capable than me of saying, I'm not going to stand by you while you walk off the edge of a cliff. Now, I would like to think that I would fight it out because I don't want to have anything between us.

And if you were doing something seriously ill-advised, I'd like to hope that the warning signs of that would have been there early and that we would have worked on it before it became an unmanageable mess. I think for the woman who asked this question, I think probably the problem is that the... Issue is too vague.

And if you were doing something seriously ill-advised, I'd like to hope that the warning signs of that would have been there early and that we would have worked on it before it became an unmanageable mess. I think for the woman who asked this question, I think probably the problem is that the... Issue is too vague.

And if you were doing something seriously ill-advised, I'd like to hope that the warning signs of that would have been there early and that we would have worked on it before it became an unmanageable mess. I think for the woman who asked this question, I think probably the problem is that the... Issue is too vague.

You see, now these people in this situation, they have to think through everything. Okay, how many times a year are we going to meet? Once, twice, three times, four times, five times? How long are we going to meet? Who's going to come? What are the rules for engagement? How should we treat everyone?

You see, now these people in this situation, they have to think through everything. Okay, how many times a year are we going to meet? Once, twice, three times, four times, five times? How long are we going to meet? Who's going to come? What are the rules for engagement? How should we treat everyone?