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Instead of talking at each other about the non-business-related contact, talk to each other about your concerns about marriage. Listen a lot, too.

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Carolyn Hax
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: December 5
Columnist
Journalist
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Bridgeport
Connecticut
Carolyn Hanley Hax
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No matter what else comes, your courage will be your companion for life.
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Relationships are complicated, but happiness in a relationship isn't: It's just wanting exactly what you have. Wanting something else is dispiriting.
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