Relationship math suggests that It is rare for two people to enter marriage and one person is to blame for everything that goes wrong
In my marriages, I'd lost parts of who I was because I was trying to mold myself into what I thought a man wanted me to be.
Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.
Ethiopia's government is doing a commendable job of working closely with donors and humanitarian organizations to educate parents about child marriage, and to support organizations like the Hamlin Fistula Hospital.
All couples have been told to schedule regular one-on-one time. 'Date night' is the default answer to most problems in modern marriages. And research backs this up.
All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.
Marquise de Merteuil: When it comes to marriage, one man is as good as the next. And even the least accomodating is less trouble than a mother.
Bob Rusk: [addressing Brenda, a marriage broker] If you can fix up a lot of idiots, why not me?
Juliet Hulme: Affairs are much more exciting than marriages. [Then, with disgust] Juliet Hulme: As Mummy can testify.
Five and Dime Manager: Divorce is an abomination. Marriage is for life. June Carter: I'm sorry I let you down, ma'am.
The submission of her body without love or desire is degrading to the woman's finer sensibility, all the marriage certificates on earth to the contrary notwithstanding.
To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.
Within 18 months of my parents' marriage in 1900, my mother fell in love with an Englishman who would have described himself as a gentleman but who was, in fact, nothing more than a devious adventurer.
In a broken marriage, it can be challenging and tough to get that work/life balance. I love performing but I also love being a mum, and I hate having to choose between them.
I do not believe that defending traditional marriage between one man and one woman excludes anybody or usurps anybody's civil rights and denies anybody their civil rights.
When you see a merger between two giants in a declining industry, it can look like the financial version of a couple having a baby to save a marriage.
Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.
I didn't want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize they've missed the window of opportunity for marriage and children.
I think any husband knows when to stand down when it comes to domestic disputes. After 13 years of marriage, I even think I may have it figured out.
When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then. But it's important to remember why you had children with this person.
I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy.
