I say in lectures in 1996 that fifty percent or more of American marriages go bust because most of us no longer have extended families. When you marry somebody now, all you get is one person.
I say that when couples fight, it isn't about money or sex or power. What they're really saying is, "You're not enough people!"
--Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake
I've spent a lot of time thinking about polyamory,
a lot of it during the transition from monogamy to polyamory.