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With These Rings

At Night I Wonder If

by Stephen on February 2, 2009

Marriage, as we know it, will make it. Here’s what I know. If I ask you to tell me three things you cherish about your partner, you’ll pause. If, on the other hand, I ask you to tell me three things that are wrong with your marriage, you’ll answer quickly.
We are simultaneously asking marriage to [...]

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Trial by Error – Chaos Theory and Marriage

by Stephen on January 11, 2009

We all seem to long for a template – a clear outline by which we can run a war, build an educational system or pay our bills. And we are mostly disappointed when the unexpected derails our plans, sabotages our hopes or stunts our success. Perhaps Shakespeare quoted by Faulkner in the Sound and the [...]

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Make Marriage Work

by Stephen on January 3, 2009

Most of us launch our marriages with promises spoken as vows that somebody else has written. We repeat them as if we could not possibly remember what they are or say them correctly if not prompted to do so. We do this because it’s the custom of the day and maybe to reassure ourselves that [...]

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