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Who is Your Perfect Partner?

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After reading the New York Times article "Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person" by Alain de Botton, I learned a few things. Granted, most of the content in the opinion article was opiniated, but I still managed to glean the overall message of the writer. The article was about how our romanticized society changed how we decide who we're going to spend the rest of our life with, and more often than not, we will regret our decision later. The author says that pessimism is our only way to relieve ourselves of this bias we have towards choosing the "wrong person."  "Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person": https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/opinion/sunday/why-you-will-marry-the-wrong-person.html# He may have a point that I agree with here and there, but in my opinion the article's writer, funnily enough, views humans much too positively, especially for someone who advocates for pessimism. He expects humans to be able to control who they love and have the ju