For hundreds of thousands of years, even the most devoted couples have been uttering some version of that basic romantic principle: ‘I married you for better or for worse, but not for lunch.’
This article by John Tierney and Roy F. Baumeister published in The Atlantic provides some sensible advice on How Not to Tank Your Relationship in Quarantine. One suggestion is to indulge in some nostalgia which “makes us more satisfied with the present and more optimistic about the future.” They also offer some advice on how to keep the peace when things go wrong.
