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Hussey: Young men are trending significantly more conservative
“It used to be the case that young people were the most liberal, and now, especially among men, they trend more conservative.”
Hussey: Shared political views remove a major source of relationship antagonism
“I think it removes a variable. You know, I think it takes something off the table that becomes a deep source of antagonism in a relationship.”
Hussey: Dating an entrepreneur is a nightmare due to obsessive selfishness
“Being with an entrepreneur is a nightmare. It's a nightmare. It's like you, like many of them are workaholics. They never stop. It's, they're always talking shop. They can't get their brain off the business. They're in anxious states a lot of the time because …”
Hussey: Most people marry wrong, stay unhappy, or never find love
“Most people marry the wrong person too early, stay in unhappy relationships too long for half their lives until they finally get out if they ever do, or never find anyone because it's hard.”
Hussey: Significantly fewer men are graduating compared to women
“Women are more educated, a lot less men by comparison are graduating.”
Hussey: Following your dreams often leads to unexpected disappointment and resentment
“I think it's one of the things that Makes people feel quite resentful of following their dreams is how disappointing following their dreams can be.”
Hussey: The right partner is never someone who does not choose you
“Well, it's really important to say, if someone doesn't choose me, they cannot be my person. There's no such thing as my person is out there. They're just not choosing me. That's, that does not make sense. By definition, the right person for us is the person wh…”
Hussey: Intelligent women threaten men who date primarily for validation
“I think that's what happens is women's intelligence throws a lot of men off balance when they're already coming from a place of insecurity.”
Hussey: Fixating on Relational Trauma Causes People to Confuse Biases with Reality
“If you stare at your personal wall for long enough, whether it's that danger is always present, whether it's that no one can be trusted, whether it's that people always cheat. Women are bad. Whatever that wall is, if you stare at it for long enough, you won't …”
Hussey: Prioritizing truth over being right allows couples to evolve together
“If I instead say, I just care about finding what's true, then I can change my position on anything at any time. And there's something very powerful about that. And I think that if you can bring that to a relationship, Then you have a relationship between two p…”
Hussey: Emotional buttons bypass logic to instantly evoke motivation
“The thing I love about emotional buttons is that they bypass, you know, I don't have to write an essay to myself on my why for wanting to be a good brother. An emotional button just bypasses that. All I need to do is call back that image, that moment.”
Hussey: People suppress relationship needs out of fear of abandonment
“We're afraid to speak up for ourselves, because we think that if we speak up for ourselves, then it's going to spell the end of the relationship. That person's, we're only going to keep that relationship if we continue to keep our needs very, very small. And n…”