lookit, if you applied TG’s advice to marriage, no one would ever get divorced, since you “gave your word”. pretty clearly, that is a dumb idea in absolute terms. there are lots of times where efficiency ismaximized by breaching the marriage contract. he beats the hell out of her every night, med bills mount up, it’s cheaper and happier to break the contract, divide the gains if any, and move on. same as any contract. there is no ‘word” one gives ina contract. The ultimate underlying premise is that when the agreement doesn’t work anymore, and one or mroe party is better off out of te deal, then the deal should be able to be broken in such a way that everyoneis better off, at least under the terms of the contract.

I understand TG talk about a promise of ‘monogamy” which doesn’t seem like much of a promise at all. i promise not to have sex with anyone else whiel i’m with you until i no longer want to.”) in fact, the promise of monogamy seems liek the pperfect example of efficient breach;