Temptation Confessions Of A Marriage Counselor [better] -

It’s a lie, of course. A marriage counselor’s biggest occupational hazard is believing we have a better marriage than our clients, simply because we haven’t lived their 3:00 AM arguments over whose turn it is to change the diaper.

Nora is forty-seven, divorced three years, and laughs like she means it. She wears chunky turquoise rings and smells like sandalwood and rain. My wife, Claire, wears sensible fleece, smells of daycare hand sanitizer, and sighs more than she laughs these days. temptation confessions of a marriage counselor

If you feel the pull of temptation, it’s not a sign that your marriage is dead; it’s a diagnostic tool. It’s telling you exactly where the "leak" is. It’s a lie, of course