I hope so, otherwise I have just wasted 25 years.

I know happily married couples who’ ve put in 40 yrs plus and I’m sure ‘till death will they part.

I’ve seen very little evidence to suggest it though

how else are you gonna explain the fact that my grandparents are still together and my parents as well, and lots of other people!!

I know there’s like 41% of the relationships that fail, and that’s really alot, but it also means that 59% of the relationships DO last.

however, just about every person i knew in high school seems to have parents who are splitting up (i’m from a small town, and news travels fast). mine seem to be the only left trying to keep it working.

i remain optimistic, though.

My grandparents have been happily married since 1945, my parents since 1974, and the Mister’s parents since…the 1970’s. (The Mister can’t give me an exact year…).

My parents have been married for 44 years. My grand parent were married to one another till death parted them.

I think it is all dependant on commitment and communication. That mutual and reciprocal respect.

My greatgrandparents didn’t have a happy marriage, neither of my grandparents got along (one set got a divorce, the other was a psycho bitch), my parents are in a complicated divorce situation where they still get along but were unhappy married. Atleast five of my closest friends parents have gotten divorces or don’t get along.

My parents didn’t make it, but my grandparents and several aunts and uncles have.

I pray that it works out for me.

ditto for me when I was in high school. everyone’s parents either seemed to be in a hellish war-zone (mine), or on a second or third marriage.

i did not grow up in a Christian home, so i’ve looked around my church with a skeptical eye and surprisingly noticed that this does not seem to be the trend in Edmonton, Alberta, Canadian Baptist/Protestant circles (ACK… with so many people’s screwed up experiences with Christianity/Catholicism/Organized Religion i can’t believe how much i have to qualify that). in life now, i am literally surrounded by loving, strong, devoted, caring and supportive partnerships… this goes for Christian, non-Christian, same-sex & bi partnerships. and many (a dozen at least i’m sure) have told my hubby or myself that knowing us has caused them to re-consider marriage as something that CAN last. : ) what a compliment! ...i think i can die happy now.

so anyhow. yes, as proven to me later in life, there DO seem to be some folks working out the daily scuffles, apologizing, forgiving, caring, supporting, serving their partners enough to keep the marriage-thing working.

But a lot of them don’t… it is what it is.

I do believe that it can last. You just have to marry the right person.