{"product_id":"2940170619085","title":"The Lifeboat Mutiny","description":"Everyone enters marriage with a series of expectations; some vague, some specific; some romantic; some pragmatic like companionship and financial security; happiness and love; love and fidelity. The expectations involve what you plan to contribute to the arrangement and what you feel your spouse should supply. And, then your marriage goes through periods of modifying your expectations to accommodate to the realities.\u003cbr\u003eAs you live together, changes take place in your perceptions of what you expected as against what you really care about and need. Priorities alter...traits you thought vitally important in a mate assume minor significance. Consciously and subconsciously, you may minimize elements of character you thought mandatory in a spouse and appreciate the value of lovely qualities you had never considered. As time and life go on, a growing relationship reveals to you truths about yourself and what really makes you happy - and your spouse happy Then, your mate's happiness becomes as important to you as your own because you love him\/her and the pleasure of giving surpasses that of getting. Then, the sense of compromising, the awareness of giving in - that evaporates - and you are married. None of this happens suddenly - it's a progression of relationship that moves along gradually from one level to the next - from expectations and reconciliations to reality.\u003cbr\u003eThere are predictable stages that are natural, even necessary, to the growth and development of a good marriage.\u003cbr\u003eMarriage is a marvelously satisfying relationship. You have to bend a bit here and there and learn to reconcile your myths with reality and transmit your expectations. But it's worth it.\u003cbr\u003eIt never happens miraculously. Successfully married couples value the relationship and are willing to fight for its life.\u003cbr\u003eThe first five - seven - ten years are the foundation blocks for the rest of your lives. How you tackle and perhaps settle many of the issues you will face will determine the quality and endurance and pleasure of your marriage.","brand":"HOERN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098441957616,"sku":"2940170619085","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170619085_p0.jpg?v=1763714294","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170619085","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}