“The desire for a life partner is just terror of facing your own mortality alone”
Agree
- Partnership is death anxiety management
- We outsource meaning to relationships
- Loneliness fear drives major decisions
- Dying alone is our deepest fear
Disagree
- Genuine companionship enriches existence
- Shared life creates actual meaning
- This reduces love to fear
- Connection is human nature not weakness
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