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Mignon McLaughlin

If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping.

Mignon McLaughlin

Marriage

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Many of the same factors that bring couples together and make them decide to marry can also cause problems that lead to their separation. This suggests that the qualities or situations initially seen as positive can later become sources of conflict or dissatisfaction.

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