I think Marie and Frank loved each other in a strange kind of way. So did my grandparents.

It would depend on the type of problems you have in the marriage. For example, physical and verbal abuse, drug/alcohol addiction, repeated affairs are situations that if left unresolved are definite reasons to divorce.

However, I believe every marriage has ups and downs. There is no perfect marriage. It may seem that way at the beginning of the relationship but eventually there is always something that we may not like about our partner and situations that present themselves.

In my marriage, my husband was having an affair. I tried to salvage our relationship with therapy. However, it takes two to make a marriage work. Obviously, he wasn't interested so I had no choice but to divorce him. The divorce has brought so much heartache. Our children have suffered; our families and friends have taken sides; our financial situation has suffered a tremendous blow, etc. I believe nothing positive has come from this, at least from my point of view. You may get a different answer from the STBX.

Not if he wasn't able to be the other half of the marriage like he was suppose to be...

No relationship is the same. I wouldn't compare yours to anyone else's.

I see couples together, no drugs, no abuse, just not happy. They role their eyes when the other talks, they don't hold hands and they keep moving from one day to the next.

Not sure if this is good either, but I guess it works for them.

I am currently getting out of a relationship that is like the one of Frank and Marie. Nothing horrible happened but whatever our relationship is, it is no longer enough for me. To tell you the truth, getting out of such relationship is MUCH MUCH MUCH harder than staying. I chose to leave...

This may be hard to believe, but there are some couples out there that aren't happy unless they are bitching at each other.

My marriage was one that did not have the physical and verbal abuse, drug/alcohol addiction, repeated affairs. She might tell you it was verbal but it was just me spouting off because she did not show the respect and loyalty to me as her husband.

people get use to people as the time goes on in the relationship. You get more use to that person and can read that person. You know about them. Not how it was like when you first met them. When people first meet of course it's going to be exciting but also a little scarey as well. That's because it's new. But as the newness of the relationship starts to fade off and the real people come out things can get tough sure. It's how you react and take time to learn and listen from others that make or break a true relationship. I think that if 2 people are truly in love that no matter what happens you should always at least try. Within guidelines of course. But if it's real.....ya know....

I don't agree with divorce. I think it's a very painful thing, but I think I would try to do everything to stay together and make it work, unless of course there was abuse or something like that.

I tried whatever I could to stay together, and I am glad I ended up divorced. I wasn't happy with him. I didn't like the person he had become, and he probably could say the same about me. In addition to that, he cheated and lied about it, and that makes an already strained marriage worse.
I don't regret my marriage or the effort I put in to save it, but I damn sure would rather be 31 starting over then if I had held on for ten more years. Life is just too short.