1. A strong marriage requires sharing of values. <\/p>\n
2. A happy marriage requires that each person consider him or herself responsible for the other one’s happiness.<\/p>\n
Where do “interests” come in? Wherever you wish, so long as they don’t interfere with 1 and 2. A married person should never take on an “interest” that actively excludes the other person, because values and caring are always<\/i> more important than interests. A relationship built around shared interests has a shaky foundation, but a relationship where outside interests supersede interest in one’s spouse has a splintered and painful foundation. Fortunately, a splintered foundation is reparable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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