The author asks ‘happy couples the secret of their success – and is shocked by what she finds outI was never going to get married. After bearing witness to my parents’ three decades of distress,I was not stupid enough to conclude it myself. When my father left my mother for a younger woman, I conducted my own little investigation into married life. I asked all my parents’ friends to give me an honest account of their marriages and define why they were still together. I suspect the little girl in me, or who grew up with fairytales and fortunately-ever-afters,was hoping to prove the older, more cynical me mistaken.
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Source: theguardian.com