But yeah, I think there is no tried and true when it comes to marriage. I think we do our best and sometimes not but there is so much tied into it the equations are too numerous.
Trip,
I have to disagee.... I think the equations are the following:
1 Committed Person + 1 Committed Person = Long Lasting Marriage 1 Committed Person + 1 Jacked Up Person (like my exW) = Divorce
In reality, there is no way on God's green Earth to predict if a M will last..... It depends upon how each partner views the M each and every passing day..... My parents were M for 42 years before dad passed... Wifey's parents are going on 55 years...
Take Care,
NMD
"Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years. That is what makes a marriage last --more than passion or even sex!" - Simone Signoret