I just read the following article from the February 28th issue of The Week magazine. What do you guys think about it?

COUNSELORS FAIL MARRIAGE TEST

"If you want an accurate reading of your marital happiness, don't ask a therapist-ask another married couple. Reasearchers at the University of California, Berkeley, showed subjects videotapes of couples discussing their relatiohships. They asked the subjects to gauge the video couples' marital satisfaction and likelihood of staying married, then compared their answers with what the couples themselves reported now, years later. People in long-term satisfactory marriages, it turns out, were best at detecting good marriages. People in unhappy long-term marriages were next best, followed by newleyweds and divorcees. Religious counselors placed fifth, followed by therapists, psychology graduate students, and undergraduates. Academic marital "experts" came in last. The highest scorers were those "who've undergone marital transition," such as reaching a 50th anniversarry or divorcing, co-author Rachel Ebling tells the San Francisco Chronicle. She says professionals probably scored lower because they deal exclusively with troubled couples, and so are unable to recognize happy ones."

I see those that marry longest were the happiest. They stayed through the thick and thin, and have revised themselves. That is the word of God, then you will have happiness in your marriage. Most wayward spouses do not see this and won't confess to God that they have sinned.

This is for husband to read, and he will see that long marriages, have gone through the thick and thin and survived and have a happy marriage. Because they both want to compromise and has you grow older, your preferences, and differences change. They can change weekly.

Does this go with the theory that doctors make the worse patients, plumber's toilets are backed up, gardner's have the most weeds and auto mechanics have more broken cars????

Maybe. Does that mean that all MCs are worthless? Hm... look at us, we are here learning from each other. This board is made up from people on both sides of the fence and a few trying their hardest to sit on the fence - LOL!! Still we learn from each of them.

My motto is to take the good and throw out the bad. Yep, even from the professionals. Can't do that with a mixed up mind, so I also pray for a clear mind and a calm heart.

You know some of the most stubborn foggy WS' have said a noteworthy thing or 2. In fact a few of them still post here. Some of you respond quite well to 'them'. Point is to know what is good, apply it to yourself where appropriate and move forward.

In time even those foggy guys wise up so that more of their words turn to wisdom. Then they will have to start listening to themselves!!! LOL!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="images/icons/shocked.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="images/icons/tongue.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

L.