That was seriously depressing. I mean, I get her overall point, but I don't think I would feel good if my spouse had written such a column about me. I don't expect my husband to be my "soulmate". But the whole "he doesn't beat me or run around" thing seemed very damning with faint praise in my opinion.
My husband's parents are going on 50 years of marriage, and what I really notice about them is they genuinely *enjoy* each other. Not that they don't bicker or get on each other's nerves sometimes, but they really have fun together too. How could you put up with someone for 50 years without that bond? I don't think the writer's marriage sounds very joyful.
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