Everything not just money. A marriage is a consistent exchange of value for example. Both parties gain and lose at various times. But they remain in the relationship based on their subjective valuations of what the relationship provides. And they leave the relationship when their subjective valuations suggest they’d be better off with an alternative.

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Ah looking at it this way could be problematic, unless there's an understanding with the other person. I think these things, like that 'understanding', can't be explained and are much deeper