Gay and lesbian relationships operate on essentially the same principles as heterosexual relationships

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

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.

I believe we're going to find that respect and affection are essential to all relationships working and contempt destroys them.

Marriages are much more likely to succeed when the couple experiences a 5 to 1 ratio of positive to negative interactions whereas when the ratio approaches 1 to 1, marriages are more likely to end in divorce.

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.

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.