A False Belief:
Because of appealing romantic notions, the media has conditioned us to believe the purpose of marriage is to make a commitment to love one another for life.
The media tells us our commitment of love will help get us through the hardships we are likely to encounter.
Note: We have come to believe our commitment of love will serve us much like a magic carpet, carrying us above and over the proverbial rocky road of life.
After decades of indoctrination, most people believe the feelings we call “love” will remain constant if the partners are soul mates. It is assumed that being soul mates makes the partners intrinsically compatible.
It follows then, if the good feelings we call “love” fade, it is because the partners were mistaken about being soul mates. Losing the “love” reveals the partners were not soul mates and, therefore, they were not intrinsically compatible after all.
In other words, if the good feelings we call “love” fade, the relationship was not meant to be. Moreover, not being soul mates justifies the dissolution of their “mistaken” relationship.
As we are about to discover, these assumptions and conclusions are wrong.