All of this brings me to other this topic: Has it ever crossed your mind that happiness might be overrated? Hear me out...

I had a conversation with a co-worker and her husband a couple of months ago. He was saying that if a couple is not happy together, then they should break up. It's just logical. The conservative habit of maintaining a relationship when it does not bring happiness does not make sense. If separation maximizes happiness, then you should do it. Sounds like a good metric to measure the value of a decision, right?

I think however that this is a bit too simplistic.

The reason why it seems so obvious that this is the right decision is because happiness-seeking is deeply rooted in the culture of whoever holds this thought. Swedish culture is one of the most beautiful I could think of, but I think this attitude towards happiness is also rooted in Swedish culture. And swedes suffer from it.

I don't mean to say that happiness is not important. Of course it is. I just have some reasons to believe it is not the most important.

First of all, who's happiness is it that we want to maximize? There is for instance some happiness to every individual. What about the happiness of your partner, and that of your children and parents? Your actions inevitably have an impact on them. Should you take other people's happiness into account or just your own?

And what about your word? Don't couples swear that they will be together forever? Even people who don't get married in a church tend to make those promises in private. But what are your words worth if their validity depends on your happiness? I don't think situations like these are edge cases.

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