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In real life, I don't fall in love with the guy who wines and dines me, I fall in love with the flaws and the humanity.

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Marriages are much more likely to succeed when the couple experiences a 5 to 1 ratio of positive to negative interactions whereas when the ratio approaches 1 to 1, marriages are more likely to end in divorce.

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I believe we're going to find that respect and affection are essential to all relationships working and contempt destroys them.

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse predict an ailing marriage: Criticism, Defensiveness, Stonewalling and Contempt. The worst of these is contempt.

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In order to get to a healthier and more productive place, we need to give up our fear of conflict, turmoil and resistance.

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Admit when you're wrong. Shut up when you're right.

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In a good relationship, people get angry, but in a very different way. The Marriage Masters see a problem a bit like a soccer ball. They kick it around. It's 'our' problem.

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