Although divorce is not inevitable,
let the failed marriages of Taylor, Camille, Adrienne, LuAnn, Bethenny, NeNe, Porsha, Phaedra, Tamra, Vicki, Jeana, Ramona, and Dina be cautionary examples of how difficult the transition from a real life housewife to The Real Housewives can be.
Not exact matches
If you're not putting your
marriage first, becoming too emotionally enmeshed with your child, or not
letting your kids
fail, you're going down the wrong path.
A once - popular singer, desperate to make a comeback, turning from the one certainty in his life... A man whose unerring taste in music is the only thing his closest friends value in him... A struggling singer - songwriter unwittingly involved in the
failing marriage of a couple he's only just met... A gifted, underappreciated jazz musician who
lets himself believe that plastic surgery will help his career... A young cellist whose tutor promises to «unwrap» his talent... Passion or necessity — or the often uneasy combination of the two — determines the place of music in each of these lives.
I once
let communication issues fester for months on end,
failing to verbalize my displeasure, and my husband and I wound up in
marriage counseling for nearly a year.
Sometimes, however, one spouse can't
let go of the bitterness and anger caused by the
failed marriage; consciously or unconsciously, the angry ex attempts to turn the children against the other parent.
A healthy mindset for mediation is: (1) an openness to negotiation and fairness, as well as a focus on problem - solving and resolution, all without
letting your emotions and ego drive the process; and (2) viewing the process as neither positive or negative, but rather a chance to learn and grow as well as bring closure to your relationship - over the fixed thinking that you or your spouse
failed in the
marriage.