Different strokes for different folks!

42 years ago I married the lady who has been, and still is, my lover, partner, and best friend.

I am more content with this today than ever, and with two children and five grandchildren, I feel blessed.

I don't presume, however, to put forward my way as the only, or even the right, way.

All I can say is that it worked for me, and I am mightily glad that it did.

For other folk there are other ways, and it would be churlish indeed of me to suggest that they should remain in a relationship which is miserable and destructive, simply because I happen to prefer marriage.

The breakdown of relationships is IMHO nothing to do with belief, or otherwise, in family values.

It could reasonably be argued that it is a good thing that destructive relationships should end, making way for more suitable liaisons for both parties.

It is my belief that children benefit more from a good second family, than they would from their parents staying together in a loveless match.

Don T.

Don T.