| Sumario: | From sickness to unemployment to bereavement, from drug addiction to wars, partners are changed by experience; and the more profound, unusual, or stressful that experience, the greater the change. Even expected changes such as having children or being promoted at work can rock relationships, but unanticipated stresses can be particularly difficult. The likelihood that a relationship will survive tumult is improved by a feeling of shared objective, mutual struggle, and the sheer commitment to work it out. Advice is provided on confronting profound change as a couple.
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