Humans do bond for life (or used to at least, but I digress). Look what happens when an old woman looses her husband or vice versa. They often literally die from grief. It's a very real phenomenon. So yes, human couples absolutely bond for life. It's only recently, with society going the way it has, that things have changed.
symbiotic_Tao t1_j6ln0b7 wrote
Reply to ELI5 - why are bonded pairs okay in animals but not humans? by Pokemonobsessedlesbo
Humans do bond for life (or used to at least, but I digress). Look what happens when an old woman looses her husband or vice versa. They often literally die from grief. It's a very real phenomenon. So yes, human couples absolutely bond for life. It's only recently, with society going the way it has, that things have changed.