What Happens To Love After The Wedding?

Love begins, or must begin, at home. To me that means sam and grace, mom and dad, who have loved me for over fifty years. Without them i would still belooking for love instead of writing about it.

Home also means karolyn, to whom i have been married for over thirty years. If all women loved the way she does, few men would be looking for morebeyond the fence.

Shelley and derek are now out of the nest exploring new worlds, but i feelsafe from the warmth of his love. I feel blessed and i am grateful.

I am indebted to many professionals that have influenced my concept of love. Among them are psychiatrists ross campbell, judson swihart, and scott peck. For editorial assistance i am indebted to debbie barr and cathy peterson. The technical expertise of tricia kube and don schmidt made it possible for me to deliver material for publication on time.

Finally, and most importantly, i want to express my gratitude to the hundreds of couples who, in the last twenty years, have shared the intimate side of their lives with me.this book is a tribute to his righteousness.

At thirty thousand feet up, somewhere between buffalo and dallas, he put his magazine in his seat pocket, turned to me, and asked:

-what do you work on?

i do marriage counseling and conduct seminars for the enrichment of themarriage, "i said prosaically.

"i've always wanted to ask someone this," he said.which one is getting married?

Giving up my hopes of taking a nap, i said:

- what does it mean?

"well," he said. I've been married three times, and each time it was wonderful before we got married, but somehow after the wedding everything fell apart.collapsed. All the love i thought i had for her and the love she seemed to have for me was gone. I am a moderately intelligent person, i run a good business, but i do not understand it.

Dettagli