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How we broke pair-bonding

You want to marry someone like you; a jumbled society makes finding them difficult

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Johann Kurtz
Jun 10, 2025
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Recently I was with a Traditional Catholic youth group, which should be fertile ground for matchmaking. Instead, I was struck by how ineffective (and frankly awkward) it was in fulfilling this function.

Clearly, a lot of people there were hoping to find a partner. And where better to find a partner than among young people who share your values? And yet …

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