Married for 20ish years to such a person. In fact, not only is she not anyone I’d call a rationalist, she’s not even really interested in any of the works of the mind… philosophy, science, literature, etc.
It’s been 95% happy times between us. For my part I think we stick together because she makes me laugh, I’m very easy going, and it’s not of the utmost importance to me that my life partner is interested in the same things as I.
All that being said, I wouldn’t recommend it. I think we’ve lucked out so far in that we’ve been able to make it work as well as we have. If I was looking for a new partner I wouldn’t count on such luck.
Married for 20ish years to such a person. In fact, not only is she not anyone I’d call a rationalist, she’s not even really interested in any of the works of the mind… philosophy, science, literature, etc.
It’s been 95% happy times between us. For my part I think we stick together because she makes me laugh, I’m very easy going, and it’s not of the utmost importance to me that my life partner is interested in the same things as I.
All that being said, I wouldn’t recommend it. I think we’ve lucked out so far in that we’ve been able to make it work as well as we have. If I was looking for a new partner I wouldn’t count on such luck.