We always look for the best in a mate. It’s our humanistic quest to seek, find, and snag that perfect one. “Till death do we part’ is what we’re hoping for. Quite often, in what we’ll call the ‘pursuit and impression’ stage, we may not actually see the real person. What we see, are all the possibilities or the picture we’ve created in our own minds. Chances are, we just might not be paying close enough attention to the subtle yellow flags or maybe even red flags, which are giving us hints to some real potential points of conflict in the future. We’ve all heard the term “irreconcilable differences”. It’s used by divorce courts to describe a whole mixture of things that could’ve gone wrong within the relationship, and ultimately caused it to fail. A good example of this can be found by watching TV shows, such as Divorce Court.
Now, although money may be a factor, it’s usually not the real reason that couples decide to throw in the towel. It could be a number of things; dramatic shifts in priorities, a lack of commitment, and different sexual appetites can also be factors. Unmet expectations based on unspoken assumptions can be a major problem in any area of a relationship. Poor communication is usually at the real root of the problem.
Whether you’re engaged, married, or living together in a domestic partnership…The purpose of this book is to show couples how to define and construct a written agreement to outline some of
life’s day-to-day issues that they’ll most likely come across during the course
of their relationship.