Reply #11: My parents were married in 1942 [View All]

[dofus]

and my mom worked outside the home much of the marriage. She left my dad after twenty years because he was an alcoholic and was becoming very abusive and she realized that she'd be much better off without him. So she packed up the five of us (oldest was away in the army by then) and moved us across the country and started a new life for all of us. Best thing she ever did.

I've been in what looks like a traditional marriage for over twenty years myself, meaning I don't work outside the home and have two kids. This has worked for us.

There's no one way to make it work. Treating each other with dignity and respect is the essential thing, in my opinion.