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Re:To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line by _RPM on Friday June 23, 2017 @11:21AM (#14619776)
Sounds strange, and horrible. A relationship isn't a business.`
Re:To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line by matthewmacleod on Friday June 23, 2017 @11:26AM (#14619817)
Sure, it's not. But what they've found is a way to communicate openly and honestly; ultimately, if this approach helps to further that, then why's it horrible?
Re:To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line by onion2k on Friday June 23, 2017 @11:29AM (#14619847)
A relationship is whatever the people involved want it to be.

If they want to run their relationship like a business that's OK, and to be honest I think it's good to read about people who are enjoying alternative ways of living when a 'normal' way doesn't suit them; it can help other people see that they can live how they want, even if other people see it as "strange, and horrible".

Re:To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line by Xero on Friday June 23, 2017 @11:23AM (#14619797)
My thoughts exactly. The language used and driving idea were so clinical and robotic that I couldn't tell if this article was satire or not.
Re:To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line by taneq on Friday June 23, 2017 @11:38AM (#14619925)
It is, though. The two of you are co-founding a family (even if there are no kids planned). The challenges you face when committing to a partner are exactly those you face when starting a business. OK, selling your progeny isn't a valid revenue stream to base your valuation on, but you're probably still going to seek 'venture capital' from a bank to buy a house.
Re:To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line by SomeStupidPoint on Friday June 23, 2017 @11:26AM (#14619827)
But business is a relationship and there are economic aspects to some relationships (eg, cohabitation or marriage).

If writing it down is a way for them to communicate and negotiate openly, that sounds reasonable and healthy. From the joking clauses, it sounds more like a framework to ensure people have similar expectations and needs are addressed than some kind of binding document.

I don't find it particularly shocking that a tool meant for one kind of relationship with economic dimensions can be used as a template for a tool in another kind of relationship with economic dimensions.

Re:To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line by dsp1234 on Friday June 23, 2017 @11:36AM (#14619913)
If each person in a relationship is happier because they treat their relationship as a business, then it's pure hubris to suggest they should be less happy because it does not match your notion of what a relationship should be.
Re:To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line by rokhayakebe on Friday June 23, 2017 @11:43AM (#14619966)
A relationship isn't a business.

Sounds like someone who never met a divorce/family law attorney. In California legally speaking part your relationship is treated as such.

http://jurris.com/california/family-law-code/720-721/721-2

Re:To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line by chc on Friday June 23, 2017 @11:36AM (#14619914)
True. Relationships, on average, don't survive nearly as long as businesses. I'm not sure that's necessarily a knock against these people's approach, though.
Re:To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line by dragonwriter on Friday June 23, 2017 @02:00PM (#14621252)
A relationship that proceeds beyond mere friendship to substantial sharing of resources and responsibilities is, including actual marriage and marriage-like partnerships are very much like business partnerships with other things layered on top, and actually the formation of economic partnerships is historically a key function of marriage.
Re:To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line by notadoc on Friday June 23, 2017 @01:45PM (#14621122)
In the USA, "marriage" is a legal contract that is often far more cumbersome than any business entanglement. Something to think about.