Marriage is a lot harder than you realize. It takes two people willing to compromise and work together. I thought because we are of the same religion and beliefs it would just work out that way. I was too idealistic about marriage, and I hate conflict. Wish there were ways to change our relationship so that I felt more at ease with it.
We have a good relationship most of the time, she could be more to me and vice versa. But we are committed to succeed. Both of our parents were divorced while we were kids. We’re going to succeed. When it’s good, it’s good, when it’s bad we talk over it, make adjustments and then talk some more. Ha! We’re going to make it. Male respondent
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Holman, T.B., Linford, S.T., Brooks, K.R., Olsen, S.F., Rhoades, C.J., Carroll, J.S. (2002). Putting it all Together: Four Longitudinal, Multivariate Models of Premarital Prediction of Marital Quality. In: Premarital Prediction of Marital Quality or Breakup. Longitudinal Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47186-8_8
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