Married 29 years at the end of this month. Still in love, still attracted, still happy, with far more understanding of the strength of love than when we were 20.
The psychiatrist is a fool if he thinks children need mostly just to be provided for, and not to grow up in a stable home, knowing that they were brought into the world by a love that endures.
And he is a fool if he thinks that his interpretation of the experience of his patients - people troubled by mental illness or circumstances with which they cannot cope - is
the standard by which marriage should be judged.
Does he think that most people aren’t attracted to their partners after five years? How attractive are his patients going to be after they hit their thirties and forties anyway? How many men are going to be lined up to provide sex and companionship to a single mother in her forties who’s been around the block too many times already?
>>The psychiatrist is a fool if he thinks children need mostly just to be provided for, and not to grow up in a stable home, knowing that they were brought into the world by a love that endures.
After I started teaching, I noticed that honors/AP classes had mostly kids from 2 parent homes, while regular ed has children from divorced homes. It’s pretty obvious.
Would be good for you guys past the Silver Anniversary to give any words of advice to the rest of us!