Many husbands and many wives will forgo their own pleasures out of jealousy of the pleasures that they imagine their partners as desiring. It is much more harmful to object to other people's pleasures than it is to be a trifle selfish in pursuing one's own. Source: Mortals and Others; Bertrand Russell's American Essays, v.1 (1975) More info.: https://russell-j.com/MARRIAGE.HTM