It’s stated that she broke up with the last guy because he wanted to be monogamous and it would follow that the current guy probably doesn’t want that.
I had interpreted “his need for monogamy” as the need for him to be monogamous, but now I realize that a relationship where you commit to not have sex with other people but your partner doesn’t is pretty unlikely (ETA: and even so, it would be unlikely to make Ishtar want to break up with Albert), and so Albert needed both to be monogamous.
One-sided monogamous relationships aren’t all that uncommon; I know of several. As with a lot of non-standard practices involving monogamy, couples who practice it often don’t tell their friends and family about it. (Also, individuals who practice it often don’t tell their partners about it, but culturally we tend to put that in a different category.)
I had interpreted “his need for monogamy” as the need for him to be monogamous, but now I realize that a relationship where you commit to not have sex with other people but your partner doesn’t is pretty unlikely
It’s stated that she broke up with the last guy because he wanted to be monogamous and it would follow that the current guy probably doesn’t want that.
I had interpreted “his need for monogamy” as the need for him to be monogamous, but now I realize that a relationship where you commit to not have sex with other people but your partner doesn’t is pretty unlikely (ETA: and even so, it would be unlikely to make Ishtar want to break up with Albert), and so Albert needed both to be monogamous.
One-sided monogamous relationships aren’t all that uncommon; I know of several. As with a lot of non-standard practices involving monogamy, couples who practice it often don’t tell their friends and family about it. (Also, individuals who practice it often don’t tell their partners about it, but culturally we tend to put that in a different category.)
At least, it is in our particular culture.