Romantic Partners and Goals

Although the statistics and processes of how this data and conclusions were found were a little dry and hard to follow, the results were interesting. The way that they are suggesting that couples have a "shared system of encoding and retrieving information in
which they rely on each other's memories" reminds me of sitcoms and romcoms where couples finish each other's sentences. Without their partners they are sometimes less able to express themselves. Also, the idea that people in a romantic relationship will procrastinate more because they think that they can rely on their partner to help them accomplish their goals is very interesting. Outsourcing, as they called it in the articles could be dangerous and puts a whole new spin on how someone could be dependent on their partner.