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man who could calculate a couple's future happi

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tend that this is an emotionally driven decision, Marcus. No numbe

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olutely." "Your vows will almost

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ight! That is why arranged marriages

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watches me, calculating, analyzing

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seem to think emotions are the basis for a

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instead of acknowledging that he hears me, I lean in too, droppin

n look fazed. "Tha

my hands up. "Of co

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ath. "Marcus, relationships aren't projec

his facial expression goes blank as he e

him. "I'm s

is unreadable.

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er mind the incredible and indispensable variables of emotional resilience and

itted that there's not purel

ose and sighs. "I know you are goi

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et him. Tiny, barely a smudge on any page it resides on - it's re

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hip expert; let's begin again." I open my notebook again. "How do

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