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When couples try to avoid their parents' relationship patterns but create new problems

My wife and I both grew up with parents who stayed in unhappy marriages, and we're realizing that we've been so afraid of becoming them that we've swung to the opposite extreme — we run from any real conflict or difficulty instead of learning to work through it together.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The relationships that shaped you cast shadows in ways that show up even when you're trying hardest to be different.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Patterns in who we love?”

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