Theos-Talk Archives (October 1998 Message tt00135)

>The point I don't understand is that after five years of marriage, not once
>has there been a good day. I give all that I've got and am to my family
only
>to be returned with nothing. We have nothing in common, we hardly
>communicate (when we do it's only a monolgue).
>


This sounds tragic.  I would have to advise you to either start
communicating
or start divorce procedures. Marriage, if it is to be anything at all today,
is
a way of sharing life and of learning to communicate with another person.
I have been married for over 35 years now, and would not know how to
live any other way. But this is because my wife and I are soul mates who
share everything, and in this way learn a great deal from each other. I
have found that, for me at least, experiences that are not shared are empty.
It is the daily sharing of intimate experiences that makes life so
interesting
and fun.

Jerry S.