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Chapter One
A HAPPY
MARRIAGE
IN AN UNHAPPY
WORLD
A
HAPPY FAMILY. Does
it
exist? Or are happy families a
relic from the past? Something you have only read
about in books? Or seen in the movies?
In a world of unhappiness is it really possible to have a
good marriage?
Stop and think about it.
Count the happy families you personally know.
If
you are
typical, you really don't know very many truly happy families.
Tragic statistics on divorce have been tabulated, but
there is no way
to
count the number of those who simply
tough out unhappy marriages. Who for reasons of religion,
money or children stay together, but long for a happier life.
Whether you have a near-model marriage or one that
needs a little work, here are some positive ways to put
happiness
in
your marriage and defy the statistics of mar–
riages gone sour in an unhappy world.
Your Lover, Your Best Friend
One of the saddest things to any marriage counselor is
the many couples who are married, yet strangers to each
other in their own homes.
They seem to share little in common. Each goes his or
her own way, pausing only for occasional conversations-and
those are often arguments about money, child rearing or sex.