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Jealousy is natural. In fact, at one point, it was necessary. Before monogamous institutions like marriage (or really the concept of monogamy at all) were a thing, the only way women had to ensure the fathers of their children weren’t out spreading their seed, and therein owing precious resources to other women, was by being jealous. They may not have followed their men on Facebook back in the day to see what they were up to, but they probably literally followed them to see what cave they were creeping into. If we were going to ensure men were going to be available to provide for our offspring, we had to be jealous—it was a survival instinct. And survival instincts are difficult to get rid of. But, unfortunately, today, jealousy shouldn’t have much of a place in a relationship considering that our partners do promise to be monogamous. Here is why jealousy is a useless emotion.

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The truth always comes out

I’m not saying there is nothing going on. Your instinct may be correct. But the truth always comes out. Cheaters always get caught. Covering up tracks and lies becomes difficult over time. Somebody sees them out with somebody. You can rely on the world to show you if something is going on, and you can avoid discovering it in the petty way of interrogating, stealing phone passwords and texting every 10 minutes.

 

 

 

 

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