Myths
- You Complete Me
- Marriage Will Change Him
- If He Would Be Perfect, I Would Be Happy
- Let's Make a Deal: The Barter Economy Marriage
- We’ll Be Happy When We Get There
- Children Will Bring Us Closer Together
- Love Will Keep Us Together
- I Married the Perfect Person
- She Knows Me Better Than I Know Myself
- We Can Go Back To the Way We Were
6. Children Will Bring Us Closer Together
No they won't. In fact, they'll add to the stressors in your life, take away from your leisure time, and spend all your money.
God Bless Them! We really do love them, and they enrich our lives in ways we could never have imagined.
But you and your partner's short comings will be revealed through the demands of parenting.
No, your children won't bring you closer together. In fact, if your relationship has issues,
children will provide you with a big powerful magnifying glass and a white hot spotlight to shine on all the cracks in the foundation.
Victoria Fleming, Ph.D., LCPC, NCC
About the Author
Dr. Victoria Fleming (Ph.D., Indiana University) is an educator and therapist with a private practice in Chicago's northern suburbs. She travels the country offering lectures and workshops based on her current book, "You Complete Me and Other Myths that Destroy Happily Ever After."