--- description: It is like the undead in that way (being a vampire? Not so bad) title: Mark Duplass: Monogamy Will Never Die image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc09a2f55f142b65e/698862f4196cf44c48037f3b/question-everything-mark-duplass.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 11, 2015 # Monogamy Will Never Die by Mark Duplass  NEW YORK, NY - JULY 10: Actor Haley Joel Osment discusses his new series "The Spoils Before Dying" at AOL Studios In New York on July 10, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Adela Loconte/WireImage) NEW YORK, NY - JULY 10: Actor Haley Joel Osment discusses his new series "The Spoils Before Dying" at AOL Studios In New York on July 10, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Adela Loconte/WireImage)Getty Images; Photo Illustration by Mia Tramz for TIME Monogamy is not dead. In my opinion it will never die. It’s kind of like the undead in this way. Like that vampire dream where you see it lurking in the shadows and, deathly afraid of its bloodsucking possibilities, you give hasty retreat into the uncertain night. But your legs don’t run so fast… Why not!?!? Monogamy is chasing you! And the pursuit seems to last for hours until finally, exhausted, you relent into it’s surprisingly comforting embrace, and expose your neck to the bite. And, with this ceremonial bite, you join the ranks of those who will now live a more limited lifestyle… avoiding certain foods (garlic farts are terrible for a marriage), staying inside for at least half the day, and shunning an entire section of the population for fear you might bite their necks and get in big trouble with your head vampire. But, as you wake up the next morning, a new person in this new club, you discover something strange. Being a vampire is not so bad. And you notice a subtle calm within yourself and the other vampires on your street. The bite has locked you into a way of life, and you don’t have to run away from anything anymore. Your destiny is known. And what you make of it is now in your control. There can be magic, fun, inspiration, even great neck sucking. You just have to work hard enough to keep things alive. I mean dead. Undead. Whatever. _Duplass is the co-creator and star of_ HBO’s Togetherness ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/question-everything/4028276/mark-duplass-is-monogamy-over/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/question-everything/4028276/mark-duplass-is-monogamy-over/"},"headline":"Mark Duplass: Monogamy Will Never Die","datePublished":"2015-09-11T16:28:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:08:29.264Z","description":"It is like the undead in that way (being a vampire? Not so bad)","url":"https://time.com/collections/question-everything/4028276/mark-duplass-is-monogamy-over/","keywords":["Question Everything"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc09a2f55f142b65e/698862f4196cf44c48037f3b/question-everything-mark-duplass.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc09a2f55f142b65e/698862f4196cf44c48037f3b/question-everything-mark-duplass.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/question-everything/4028276/mark-duplass-is-monogamy-over/","name":"Mark Duplass: Monogamy Will Never Die"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Question Everything: Is Monogamy Obsolete?","description":"TIME hit the streets to ask New Yorkers several offbeat questions designed to provoke and prod the brain.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/wkRFSgkR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-09-18T14:45:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wkRFSgkR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/question-everything/4028276/mark-duplass-is-monogamy-over/","duration":"PT1M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/question-everything/4028276/mark-duplass-is-monogamy-over/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```