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Top 10 Lies/Truths about marriage
LIE: Marriage is an automatic ticket to self-esteem.
TRUTH: You have to be whole before you can be joined.
LIE: You have to go along to get along.
TRUTH: In a great marriage, you can ask for what you need without fear of reprisals.
LIE: If the package is beautifully wrapped, its contents will be fabulous.
TRUTH: The packaging doesn't tell you anything about what's inside.
LIE: The past is over.
TRUTH: The past is driving you to the chapel.
LIE: Anything is better than being alone.
TRUTH: Being alone and free is better than being together and controlled.
LIE: It's important to be right.
TRUTH: It's more important to relate.
LIE: You can learn to live with compromises that trouble your soul and make you suffer.
TRUTH: Suffering is not love.
LIE: "It's you and me against the world."
TRUTH: You can't have a great marriage if you live in a bunker.
LIE: If you believe in the same God, you'll share the same values.
TRUTH: Values are what you live not what you believe.
LIE: Marriage magically changes people for the better.
TRUTH: The person at the altar will be the person at the breakfast table.
