\u201cMany people contend that marriage is a relationship that carries the principle of friendship to its ultimate and most intimate degree. I think they are mistaken." One of the most influential psychotherapists of our time revisits his \u201ctwo dozen myths\u201d two decades later. Surprises aplenty in this no-holds barred conversation with readers about the \u201cmyths\u201d that get married couples in trouble. The notions that \u201cHusbands and wives should be best friends,\u201d \u201cMarriage should be a 50-50 partnership,\u201d and \u201cAn unhappy marriage is better than a broken home,\u201d are explored, debunked, and re-examined in the light of 21st century hindsight. This is a provocative, insightful, sometimes disturbing look at some of our most cherished beliefs about marriage.
