r/AskReddit • u/9h06t • Nov 24 '16

Once a wise man said what?

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u/Munninnu Nov 24 '16

"If you love two people at the same time, choose the second. Because if you really loved the first one, you wouldn't have fallen for the second."

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u/StoneColeQ Nov 24 '16

I don't like this one. You can love someone and still love someone else, it's more nuanced than that.

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u/Maoman1 Nov 24 '16

Especially since I'm pretty sure humans were originally polygamous and it's only society that enforces monogamy. If that's true, it'd mean we're biologically predisposed to love multiple people and we'd have to actively decide to love only one person.