Honeymoon Fallacy

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

Honeymoon Fallacy by Malokingi23 February 23, 2026