I was watching the Joy Behar show and Jason Alexander was on.
She commented that he had been married for 38 (or 28 can't remember) years. She asked how it worked.
He said 1) marry the right person, and 2) a good marital therapist.
She asked why they went to therapy. (I was so happy she asked that!)
He said that he went through an early MLC where he questioned everything in his life since they had gotten married so young. He said he had gotten married at first because he was in love with love but he was lucky that she also turned out to be the right person.
Joy said she had that situation, too, in her marriage, but it ended in divorce.
He said the only reason he thinks he avoided divorce is because his therapist was that good.
Hmm!
I like it when well-known people are open about their marriages, especially if they have difficulties and overcome them.
Not that it means I haven't dropped the rope because I still have. For sure. But I was just shocked to see that!
Yeah, NM, I do think it's kinda harder as a SAHM to be the primary provider. Hopefully work will actually help.
Good point about my friend. I also think it was easier to believe him despite the signs and that's what she ended up doing!
I spent some time dreading dating today. As much as I love reading your thread, NM, I do dread it. I thought about it a lot today and I think I realized I'm actually scared of singles and the dating scene!
I need to think about this more and process it with a therapist...
BTW, I KNOW I'm not ready for dating. I'm going to try to focus on being happy alone for six months.
But then I need to get ready because this will be a huge, massive, scary thing for me!
