Stable love affairs reproduce the very vices of marriage they promised to escape

Evidence

If a relationship becomes a stable one, it often takes on a familiar conjugal character in the end; all the vices of marriage—boredom, jealousy, prudence, deception—can be found in it. And the woman dreams of another man who will rescue her from this routine. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1627

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Marriage traps women in a love that increases as it is refused. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1264; The ideal of conjugal love was invented to reconcile marriage with individualist claims. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1145; Marriage transforms partners from erotically charged Others into the Same — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1193 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Marriage transforms partners from erotically charged Others into the Same #corroborates (0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1193
• Loving relationships are an extreme form of interest encapsulation, not its opposite #expands (0.80)