Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts, Session 2, Have You Faced the Myths of Marriage with Honesty?
Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts (Les & Leslie Parrott) • 29m
Every difficult marriage is plagued by misconceptions about what marriage should be. Some of the most harmful myths include, *we enter marriage expecting the same things*, *everything good will get better, everything bad will disappear,* *my spouse should make me whole,* and *adjustment to married life occurs more quickly in remarriage.*
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