Sweetleaf wrote:
Then how do you explain animals aside from humans who mate for life? birds that literally go into a depression and kill themselves if their mate gets killed. Or a mother animal defending it's young regardless of danger to herself. Also how is polyamory all the rage? From what I observe/understand monogamous relationships are still much more common then polygamous relationships and/or open relationships.
The "mating for life" phenomenon among swans, geese, and such is partially a myth.
Males compete by building the best nest to attract the female. She, in turn, first finds a male with the best-constructed nest. Once she's fully admitted into the nest and ready to have her brood, she shops around for best genes, much like mammal females do. Don't know what the bird criteria for best genes are, but the alpha male concept presumably would still apply. In the process, she mates with the male she finds most attractive, usually
not the nest-builder. In the end, the baby birds turn out to be bastards, raised by the nest-builder male. I saw this on a nature show somewhere; I think it was the Animal Planet.
"Swan Swanson, when it comes to 1-week old Swan Jr., you are NOT the father!" (signed, Maury Povich)
Sweetleaf wrote:
Doesn't feel so great when you find all you were to guys you developed feelings for was something easy to f*** and even easier to discard.
There is no such thing as "feelings". It's just biological attraction to good genes (for women) or to sex (for men). But since we humans are a despicable, self-righteous species, we'd never admit that to ourselves. So we came up with the notion of "feelings" or "love" to make that more socially acceptable. In your case, the guy who dumped you had strong, powerful alpha male genes, which you were very much attracted to (or "developed feelings for"). So undoubtedly, it was sad for you to lose him. But conversely, because he's an alpha male, he's able to cycle through girl after girl. Sad and unfair as it may sound, it's all mostly subconscious.
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