Science Discovers Water to Be Wet

Turns out “Kids Curb Marital Satisfaction“. For our culture terminal narcissism, this is a big deal, since it conceives of marriage, like everything else, as a tool for self-fulfillment and instant gratification. That’s why it bothers to undertake studies like this.

Of course, there is another way of seeing it: kids force adolescent narcissists to grow up and realize it’s not all about Me. Those who submit to this process of “growing up” discover newer and deeper forms of satisfaction than the pleasure of being a newlywed. Part of that whole “lose your life and you will find it” paradox that is soooooo out of step with our consumer culture.