Admit when you're wrong. Shut up when you're right.

You don't have to be interesting. You have to be interested.

Thus, the critical dimension in understanding whether a marriage will work or not, becomes the extent to which the male can accept the influence of the woman he loves and become socialized in emotional communication.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse predict an ailing marriage: Criticism, Defensiveness, Stonewalling and Contempt. The worst of these is contempt.

I liken an affair to the shattering of a Waterford crystal vase. You can glue it back together, but it will never be the same again.

In order to get to a healthier and more productive place, we need to give up our fear of conflict, turmoil and resistance.

When a couple gets to the last stage, one or both partners may have an affair. But an affair is usually a symptom of a dying marriage, not the cause. The end of that marriage could have been predicted long before either spouse strayed.