"All Good Things Must Come To An End"

Talked to Jeff to get some insight on his opinion of his parents situation. (His mother wanting to leave her husband of 43 years) According to him he was suprised that it hasn't happened yet and he's been, "waiting for it now for 20 years".

And I put in my modern two sense where perhaps it didn't belong and said that if it were my dilemma I'd be gone and living for myself to make both of us happier. Well, turns out I didn't take into consideration the era and religion in those days but also Jeff's strong opinion on marriage. Apparently my kind of attitude is what is wrong with society today. People think they can get married and it's, "till 'I get sick of you' do us part". Which is completely true for many cases. In my Grandparents eyes they are still married in the time where divorce is considered not good and their Catholic faith doesn't even believe in it. She doesn't even refer to it as divorce, when we talk about it it's always, "Leaving Him"

Jeff says that when two people committ to eachother through marriage, they should be prepared to be committed forever and willing to make the sacrifices needed to nurture a relationship. If something bad happens, you work together to fix it as one person instead of two.

But what about the exceptions...?

And how long can two people suffer in vain before finally just doing what they are agianst? I believe that if a marriage starts to fail there are ways to bring it back, it's only a matter of desire and effort.

How can those two elements come from only one person and still have a healthy relationship?