There is no dearth of books, articles, discussions and speculation on the subject of marriage. But life expectancy is greater today and there is more potential for trouble in marriage. More years to live means more time for couples to grow tired of one another. It reported about 40 percent of adult females are single, as compared to 30 percent in 1960.
Man is, woman better accommodate.
An inference drawn from Yalom's book by the reviewer is that until recently there were no husbands in the sense that being a husband was a job requiring a lot of attention. In more than 50 years of being married, the strangeness of that combo never occurred to me. Now it does. Man and wife.