I wonder how many divorces there are because the realities of marriage and living together do not meet people’s expectations of how life would be?
People joke about arguments over leaving the cap off the toothpaste tube or how toilet paper hangs, but there are real issues which cause conflict.
For example, if one person wants to save for a rainy day and the other one doesn’t give a damn about running up credit card bills, there will be conflict. If the wife feels she is doing most of the housework, she gets pissed off. And her being in a bad mood affects other aspects of the relationship.
“When Mama’s not happy, no one is happy.”
Often a lot of anger and quibbling over the small stuff is covering for much larger issues that each partner is holding back and not wanting to confront.
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People either explode or file for divorce.