Making Peace with the Imperfect

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Making Peace with the Imperfect

It's a paradox of marriage that the strongest ones are those in which partners are simultaneously able to change to accommodate one another in some areas, and able to live with unchangeability in others. ... On the whole each spouse has made a separate peace with the imperfect other.

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