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Quick Concepts
- Don't be committed to your marriage, be committed to your spouse. This is a small, but significant, perspective shift that means that you are pro-actively loving your spouse, instead of just surviving.
Statistics
80% of the "very unhappy" (their term) couples who stayed together were "happily married" (their term) 5 years later.
19% of divorcees were happy 5 years after their divorce.
-- Linda West, Sociology Prof at University of Chicago, "The Case for Marriage"
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