Why We Pick Difficult Partners
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In theory, we're nowadays allowed to get together with pretty much anyone we like. And yet, at a psychological level, we aren't free to love just any suitable person. We have a type - and strangely and awkwardly, these types are often not those who stand a chance of making us maximally happy. For gifts and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: https://goo.gl/CEfzwf\nJoin our mailing list: http://bit.ly/2e0TQNJ \nOur website has classes, articles and products to help you think and grow: https://goo.gl/wEx6vi\nDownload our App: https://goo.gl/3SLxeL\n\nFURTHER READING\n\n“Theoretically we are free to select the kind of person we love. We might have chosen someone else. We’re not being forced into this by social convention or match-making aunts or dynastic imperatives. But in reality our choice is probably a lot less free than we imagine. Some very real constraints around whom we can love and feel properly attracted to come from a place we might not think to look: our childhoods. Our psychological history strongly predisposes us to fall for only certain types of people…”\n\nYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: https://goo.gl/g7D7CP\n\nMORE SCHOOL OF LIFE\n\nVisit us in person at our London HQ: https://goo.gl/wvh4qm\n\nWatch more films on RELATIONSHIPS in our playlist: \nhttp://bit.ly/TSOLrelationships\n\nYou can submit translations and transcripts on all of our videos here: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog&tab=2 \nFind out how more here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en-GB \n\n\nSOCIAL MEDIA\n\nFeel free to follow us at the links below:\n\nDownload our App: https://goo.gl/3SLxeL\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ \nTwitter: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife \nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ \n\n\nCREDITS\n\nProduced in collaboration with:\n \nAlexandra Balan\n\nhttps://www.sashaanimates.com/ \nhttps://vimeo.com/sashaanimates
