The birth of a first child can destroy a marriage’s intimacy

Evidence

Indeed, it is so fundamental that even marriages occasionally succumb to it, namely, when the first child is born. The point deserves some further elaboration. — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 3821

Categorization

• SEED: The third-element birth collapse as an essay angle on why adding an ‘objectively shared’ element destabilizes dyads.