Greener grass

Once we are happy being single is when we are most primed to find the right person which is not at all counterintuitive. The simple act of desiring primes us for a compromise and potentially settling for someone who does not suit us. We are all guilty of this to some degree because society sells the idea of being alone as unnatural and a cause for pity.

The problem is that the inclinations of each natal sex sometimes conspires to make long term relationships untenable. The differences in their psychology weighs down the game of endurance with more difficulties.

Plus we humans have an incurable case of the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.