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neogodless  ·  4166 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Are You In Love?

In Helen Fisher, PhD's book, "The Anatomy of Love," she actually says that the median length of monogamous pair bonds is much more like 4 years, though the reasoning behind it is similar. Once kids hit around 3-4 years old, they can walk and listen to their mother, and the need for the mother/father pair has been reduced.

Here's a relatively short article discussing it - http://www.match.com/cp.aspx?cpp=/cppp/magazine/article0.htm...