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Relationships are full of compromises.

There is probably no such thing as a good divorce, but clinging to an old idea of how relationships are unraveled can make a bad thing even worse.

I am skittish about relationships, as most of the marriages I've seen up close have been ruinous for one or both parties.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

I try not to dwell too much on a bad marriage.

But the key to our marriage is the capacity to give each other a break. And to realize that it's not how our similarities work together; it's how our differences work together.

I think sometimes we look at other people's marriages and we think they must always be so happy together. I don't know anybody who's married for a long time who hasn't somehow made room in their love story for the hate and resentment that they sometimes feel toward each other.

Every marriage is a mystery to me, even the one I'm in. So I'm no expert on it.

Many new lovers and spouses struggle to reconcile themselves with their partners' relationship history, but it's an insecurity I left behind in my 20s.

Party switching has all the emotional edges and baggage of divorce.