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Chapter Two
WHEN THE
KISSING BEGINS
TO STOP...
T
HOUSANDS OF ARTICLES
have been written
to try to
steer people away from the pitfalls of divorce. But too
many married couples with serious problems wind up
calling
it
quits, anyway.
They
didn't
start out that way. Take a look at the
average wedding picture. Husband and wife are beaming–
their faces wreathed in big window smiles. They radiate
happiness. "This is forever!"
What happened in just a few short months or years? The
smiles are no longer there. Frustration and disappointment
have set in. Trust has been replaced by suspicion. Each may
suspect the other of infidelity. One partner may be planning
divorce. The other may be considering desertion.
It didn't just happen for no reason. Marital miseries have
a defmite set of causes. But let's try
to
discover the
one basic
root cause!
What Caused the Break-up?
A
couple divorces. They join the statistics. The children
are plunged into a vortex of insecurity-left to face a harsh
and cruel world
in
a one-parent family. Both the man
and
woman face major readjustments in their lives. What caused
it
all?
Was it sex? Or that Jack couldn't manage money or even