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The Natural Lifespan of Human Pair Bonding – Why It Feels So Powerful, Yet So Fragile

Humans are not true lifelong pair-bonders like swans. We are serial monogamists with a powerful but conditional bonding system driven by sex and chemistry (oxytocin, vasopressin, dopamine). This chapter explains the natural lifespan of pair bonds (intense 2–4 years, then stabilisation or fade), why the system evolved this way, and how repeated bond-breaking in modern dating leads to emotional burnout for both men and women.

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