Is your spouse still madly in love with you?

As sure as the sun sets and the moon rises, a kiss at dawn and a kiss at dusk is a sign your spouse is in still madly in love with you. After being together for years and years, you might be wondering if your partner is still as crazy about you as he was when you first met. And that’s OK.

Is infidelity a symptom of a flawed personality or relationship?

What I have learned over the course of nearly three decades as a therapist specializing in sex and intimacy issues is that infidelity is often a symptom of a flawed personality or relationship, but not always. Some people are reasonably emotionally healthy and in a wonderful primary relationship, and they still choose to cheat.

What if you are married but in love with someone else?

Married but in love with someone else: Here’s what to do! Love is such a fascinating emotion. You can never force it, but once it arrives and settles in, you need to actively preserve it if you don’t want it to go anywhere. Otherwise, love comes and goes, changes and takes us on a wild ride.

Can two people fall in love on the same day?

Almost never do two people fall in love on the same day, and almost never do they fall out of love on the same day. What’s more, we all fool ourselves from time to time in order to keep our thoughts and beliefs consistent with what we have already done or decided.

Can a long marriage end on a whim?

4. When a long marriage ends, the seeds of the marital failure may have been sown decades before. As my dear friend contends, long marriages rarely end on a whim. One client, a man who left his wife of 32 years after falling in love with a work colleague, says that his move was less impulsive than it looked.

Do you care what your spouse thinks about your marriage?

Marriage coach Mort Fertel says, “Ironically, communication techniques sometimes give people clarity that they don’t care what their spouse thinks or feels. They ‘understand it’ but it doesn’t matter to them anymore.” This is ironic because couples often go to marriage counseling to learn to “communicate better.”

How common is divorce after 40 years of marriage?

And those in remarriages of less than 10 years duration are nearly 10 times more likely to divorce than those married 40 years or more (28.6 divorced persons per 1,000 versus 3.2 per 1,000). 3. Relative wealth can be a protective factor against gray divorce.