{"id":42872,"date":"2013-12-06T11:42:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T09:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=42872"},"modified":"2013-12-06T11:45:22","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T09:45:22","slug":"the-future-of-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=42872","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/sparksandhoney\/slideshelf\" width=\"490px\" height=\"470px\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Everything evolves, including how human beings relate to one another in intimate relationships. Norms which have been relatively stable in this space have been mutating and changing rapidly over the past ten years &#8211; and will continue along this trajectory into the foreseeable future. Interesting thoughts by sparks &#038; honey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everything evolves, including how human beings relate to one another in intimate relationships. Norms which have been relatively stable in this space have been mutating and changing rapidly over the past ten years &#8211; and will continue along this trajectory into the foreseeable future. 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