I'll give you a little anecdote.

I don't think anecdotes describe the full reality, but it was a moment for me that was very interesting.

My younger son was in kindergarten.

He had a very best friend.

I was convinced he would go into first grade with that same friend.

No, I went to the principal.

I said, why did you separate them?

They were getting so long.

It was such a beautiful friendship

that could become, you know, my childhood friend like I have from age six. She said, they need to

learn to make new friends each time. I said, it's not being trained for mobility. He's a five-year-old

who is being trained for long-term relationships. It's not the same. And it was really clear. That was the idea. The idea is not how do you continue a long-term relationships. It's not the same. And it was really clear.

That was the idea.

The idea is not how do you continue a long-standing friendship

is how do you make new friends all the time?

I thought that was just an amazing cultural encounter.

Wow.

So, wow.

So we're actually training our young to suck it up and get over it and move on.

The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives. This is an idea that

Esther Perel has been trying to instill in us for decades. She is the guru of human relationships, and she's been trying to teach us in

all of her work how we can have successful romantic relationships. I've known Esther for years,

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