Sexpert Shan Boodram on whether a ‘Marriage Pact’ can work

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a podcast, a YouTube channel and written books. “I’m interested in any conversation that spans the dialogue around what it means to find love, have healthy sex, and exist intimately in this world,” Boodram, 37, told The Post. “And I think that the show gave a once-in-a-lifetime look at a concept that we’re all familiar with, but have never really seen in practice. “Especially not in the way that it was shown here.”The eight-episodes series follows Boodram as she guides the six duos through taking their friendship to the next level while they live in a luxury mansion in Cartagena, Colombia.After going on dates and sharing rooms, the couples get nearly a month to decide if they’ll marry at the end of the show, or part ways. “I think [a marriage pact] is an incredible concept,” said Boodram. “It speaks to the overall trend we have in modern-day love, which is ‘slow love courtship,’ and romantic structures that take longer to boil.

Back in the day, it was commitment first and figure out the rest later. Even in our parents’ generation, a lot of them didn’t even live together first. “Slow-love courtship is essentially to get as much information as you possibly can before committing,” she said. “These people know each other’s values, history, long-term goals.

Often times, they know each other’s extended families.“They’ve gathered as much information as possible, but there’s something missing between them,” she said. “Maybe it’s timing, maybe it’s romantic attraction, maybe it’s a fear of commitment.