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7 Deadly Pitfalls in Marriage and Committed Relationships
Caveat emptor! What your mother never told you about being in a relationship but, Dr. Steve will.
By Steven Lake
Marriage is not all it’s cracked up to be. There has been a collusion by culture, religion, and family to glorify marriage. These pillars of society have a vested interest in keeping couples together and have for thousands of years.
Strong family units, whether nuclear or extended, form the foundation stone of society. Until recently, happiness seemed to be irrelevant to marriage. Marriage was first and foremost a financial agreement, a binding together of families to protect and ensure a positive future as well as could be predicted.
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In the Middle-Ages, the concept of chivalry and romantic love entered the public domain. However, not much happened until the last hundred and fifty years, when romance and the concept of love, being in love, and marrying for love took hold in modern society.
Here we are now in the 21st century and with all the social schisms that have happened in the last fifty years, the idea of what constitutes a marriage has undergone significant change. Not for all people, but for a significant minority.
