MathiasZaman comments on Is love a good idea? - Less Wrong
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(This could have been a reply to a couple of your comments, but I was reading this one just now, so it goes here.)
You seem to be both critiquing the "Hollywood" view of romance and love, while at the same time using it as your own view on how love and romance work.
Romance and love can be about total dedication to a single person, but it doesn't have to be. It's perfectly possible to be in a committed romantic relationship while both parties know (and are willing to discuss) that the fact that they're together is a rather random event, which has been influenced by a lot of factors and that if those factors were different, they would have ended up with different people.
So I can perfectly imagine a man saying that to his wife, and his wife accepting the explanation perfectly and it doesn't require two rationalists in a relationship. I'm pretty sure me and my girlfriend have had a conversation of that nature (anecdotal evidence alert).
Bonus points for making it a popular song.
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Good to hear! If love doesn't have to involve the things I critiqued, then I have no problem with it.