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Dr. Peterson's view on marriage is incomplete

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Rabbi Josh Zebberman

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we have this strange idea in the west that's very immature that marriage is fundamentally about the happiness of the couple it's like no it's not it's about the stability of the familial structure for children that's the fundamental issue and if you can derive some happiness well good for you go go right ahead Dr Peterson is a wise man and it's true you can't go into a marriage selfishly it can't just be about what I'm going to gain however I don't think that's the full picture there is more to it if you really want to unite you got to have happiness you got to have joy you can't fully invest your heart and soul and even gain the stability of marriage and become one become one unit without that happiness so what I would say is if you're going into that marriage to gain happiness I agree with Dr Peterson completely that that could be problematic but if you're going into that marriage to give happiness and to invest your own happiness into the other good on you man you're making this world a whole