Why do some people stay so long in relationships that seem more like endurance tests than loving partnerships?
Sometimes Alberta would pull me aside. “One of these days,” she would whisper, glaring in her husband’s direction. “I’m going to fly the coop. I can’t stand being with him.”
I was young then, yet to grow into compassion, yet to become a therapist. I’d lean toward Alberta and whisper back, “First, you’d better learn how to drive.”Alberta was my mother-in-law. She never learned how to drive. And she never flew the coop.Through the years, I’ve seen many couples like Bob and Alberta whose long-lasting marriages are more endurance tests than loving partnerships.
of being impoverished by divorce or living in diminished circumstances overshadows their marital distress.It isn’t only the fear of depriving minor children of an intact two-parent family that keeps some unhappy couples together, but also the realization that adult children can have a variety of feelings about a parental divorce as well. Sometimes this can mean an adult child taking sides, estranging from one parent, and blocking access to grandchildren.
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