I truly believe this statement is true. The first time I married I was 18 years old and I was very much into "helping" others. I had a "mission" to do so. I had graduated from a catholic school and was about to go into charity work with people from Central and South America. I met a man who was an illegal alien who was in dire economic need. I was very naive and he sold me a pretty good bill of goods, so in order to help him get his papers I married him. We built up a life together since we were both very hard working and we had two children and a beautiful home. I was a good catholic and my mother taught me that, if you married in the church, there was no divorce. So, I stuck it out for 22 years, but all through those years I grew up quite a bit from 18 years old, and as I looked in the mirror I no longer saw a girl with a mission, but a woman who had a much better view on life in general--not so narrow and full of pipe dreams.
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Marriage DayI divorced my first husband because I knew if I did not I would never be able to look at myself in the mirror again--I felt like a fraud. I then met my current husband. When I looked in the mirror, I saw a woman who was looking for someone who would companion with me where I was in my life--I had come full circle and my resume was now not just
limited to one job or one specification. I had many life experiences, and married for companionship and love, not for pity and sympathy, or to fulfill a "mission". My husband...