The mistaken belief that the affective
intensity of early romantic attachment is a permanent state rather than a temporary phase requiring later
replacement by practiced intimacy and relational
maintenance.
Matthew: Remember that movie To the Wonder (2012), Terrence Malick's poetic examination of
relationships, where Ben Affleck, an American, falls in love with Olga Kurylenko, a French, in Paris and then she and her daughter move with him to the U.S.
Matthew (cont.): And then when their union falters, he considers becoming involved with Rachel McAdams, an old
girlfriend, allthewhile, Javier Bardem, a priest, contemplates the
relationship between God/Jesus and love?
Ari: Yeah.... That Honeymoon Fallacy's a real bitch
