Hi guys,
I've been thinking a bit (again).
In the animal world it is quite common for species that the female mates with a male, and then chases the male away before or after raising the offspring.
I'm wondering, since we're also mammals, would women have the same behaviour?
I know actually only a few couples that are still living on good terms when the kids are teenagers. Virtually all couples I know get into serious conflicts when the kids start to grow up.
It is of course difficult to analyze this, since there are so many factors involved, but couldn't it be that women just push their "mate" away because of their natural instincts?
Any thoughts?
Thank you, Paul, for the extensive explanation.
I just have the impression that I rarely see happily married couples of 10+ years these days.
Also, I have the idea that since people nowadays do not need to fight for survival anymore in the modern world, our behaviours seem to follow more and more our other instincts (sex, dominance), and thus becoming more animalistic in that sense.
Maybe it is just my impression, and I should come out of the forest more often