Shannon Curry

Bukowski.

The truth is that you have all of these chemicals pumping through your body.

You're essentially high on heroin in the beginning of a romance.

And you're going to have these rose-colored glasses on.

Everything your partner does is magical.

But really, it's the novelty.

It's just like going on a vacation.

You're fully present.

You're just attuned to the magic of another human being moment to moment.

And then on top of that, you're just flooded with dopamine.

So you're high on drugs.

And we can't go on like that.

You will die if you are using these kinds of chemicals all the time, all day long.

So eventually, our bodies are sort of made to dial it down.

We've made it.

I mean, we're evolutionary beings.

We are doing the same thing we did 200,000 years ago to find a mate, procreate, spend enough time with each other that we have sex a whole bunch of times and make babies.

Now we've changed the rules of the game.

We're living, you know, almost until we're 100 years old in some cases.

We're making these marriage commitments that last half a century.