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[quote=Anonymous]What's interesting to me is that my parents were unhappily married and my MIL/FIL very happily married. In comparing the two, the difference comes down to expectations. My MIL was quick to understand that she couldn't get the same kind of friendship from my FIL that she got from her sisters and female friends, and she had no opinion on his career. Their marriage was centered on each of them caring for the other in ways that were traditional in the 1950s. My parents' marriage did not work in the long run because my mother wanted it all - a husband and a best friend. Someone who respected her independence but put her as a priority. My dad was a workaholic on the spectrum and he wasn't equipped to satisfy her high expectations. I wish I could be like more like my MIL.[/quote]
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