Not exact matches
In the midst
of what sometimes seems to be a national obsession with sex, it is often
difficult for a couple to discover and cultivate the power
of sexual intimacy which is so vital a
part of marriage.
Just as the Anglican Lambeth Conference
of 1930 undermined a key
part of the conceptual framework that made potentially fruitful heterosexual intercourse the only acceptable kind
of sex, so the gradual degradation in the popular understanding
of marriage makes it very
difficult for many people to conceptualise the Catholic argument against gay
marriage.
Those
parts may not surface until something happens, some
difficult phase
of your
marriage or life and, boom, you suddenly get the very uncomfortable feeling that you are married to a stranger.
In
part because it is
difficult to associate decisions taken during the
marriage to particular advantages or disadvantages, and in
part because it may be a useful indicator
of those advantages and disadvantages, courts have looked to post-separation standards
of living and compared it to pre-separation standards
of living, with a view to determining whether there has been significant economic advantage or disadvantage as a result
of the breakdown
of the
marriage (see generally W. v. W., 2005 BCSC 1010 at para. 12).
Staying committed to a
marriage «through sickness and in health» can be
difficult when it becomes
part of the couple's everyday life.
They know that this is
part of life and don't as quickly assume their
marriage is a failure because they encounter
difficult times.
In
marriage especially — but really, in every
part of our lives — it's easy to fall into repeated behavior patterns, and extremely
difficult to break them.
Siblings and parents
of your spouse are a huge
part of their lives, so when these people pose a threat to the health and happiness
of your
marriage, it can become a very sensitive and
difficult matter.