In no relationship is it more obvious that relationship skills are declining than it is in marriage. Troubled marriages outnumber stable marriages. Grieving marriages outnumber joyful marriages. Marriages in conflict outnumber marriages that cooperate. Marriages that show contempt outnumber marriages that express respect.
More marriages fall to separation or divorce than rise to genuine contentment.
In talking with people whose troubled relationship causes them sorrow and anxiety, I hear this statement. I am just so confused. I really tried to make things right. But the harder I try, the worse it gets. That statement is an indicator statement.