Table of Contents
Marital Myths
Revisited
A Fresh Look at Two
Dozen Mistaken
Beliefs About Marriage
Arnold
A. Lazarus, Ph.D.
Introduction
Myth
1: Husbands and Wives
Should Be Best Friends
Myth
2: Romantic
Love Makes a Good Marriage
Myth
3: Extramarital
Affairs Will Destroy a Marriage
Myth
4: If You Feel
Guilty, Confess
Myth
5: Husbands and Wives
Should Do Everything Together
Myth
6: You Have to Work
at Marriage
Myth
7: A Happy Marriage Requires Total
Trust
Myth 8:
Good Spouses Should Make Their Partners Happy
Myth 9:
In Good Marriages, Husbands and Wives "Let It All Hang Out"
Myth 10:
Good Husbands Do Household Repairs; Good Wives Do the Laundry
Myth 11: Having
a Child Will Improve a Bad Marriage
Myth 12:
Marriage Should Be a 50-50 Partnership
Myth 13: Marriage
Can Fulfill All Your Dreams
Myth
14: True Lovers
Automatically Know Each Other's Thoughts and Feelings
Myth
15: An Unhappy
Marriage is Better Than a Broken Home
Myth
16: A Husband's
Ambition Comes Before a Wife's Career
Myth
17: If Your Spouse
Wants to Leave, Hang On and Fight
Myth
18: Dead Love Can
Sometimes Be Rekindled
Myth
19: Competition
Between Spouses Adds Sparkle to a Marriage
Myth
20: You Should Make
Your Spouse Over into "A Better Person"
Myth
21: Opposites Attract
and Complement Each Other
Myth
22: Couples Should
Not Reveal Personal Matters to Outsiders
Myth
23: Don't Have Sex
When You're Angry
Myth
24: Be Satisfied With
What You've Got
...
and What Can Be Done About it
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