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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/discuss/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Human Nature</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/2100253/ShowForum.aspx</link><description>Human Nature</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61120.2)</generator><item><title>Romance rarely lasts a lifetime.</title><link>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2955152.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:44:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8e55aff1-63ee-4857-a1e9-69fccb83d317:2955152</guid><dc:creator>maxo</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2955152.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=2100253&amp;PostID=2955152</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;It seems romance has about a 7 year duration.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately children take about 18 years to mature tho there is some evidence the 7 year duration is based on the fact that children are able to walk and gather their own food at that point.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't begrudge the governor his romance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I begrudge him being a self righteous upstanding type who judged others and a hypocritical lier who held out that he believed in one set of standards for everyone else that he didn't hold to himself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of course, as a true skank (with multiple affairs), he probably found a lot more success pretending to be that way because it puts him in a place where he has more money and a lot of targets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I still can't judge him to harshly-- in my long experience, it seems that *everyone* and I mean *everyone* lies-- from 3 year olds to 90 year olds.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That's what bugs me about the video nanny state-- I have read articles that indicate that in britain the powerful suppress evidence while still holding the public to higher standards. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>