Most marriages are a mess, and the children get caught between two bitter, antagonistic parents. My parents stayed married for 27 unhappy years, till their kids were grown, and this was a catastrophe for us. Votes: 1
It's not a failure if a marriage or partnership ends after a certain number of years. I think, in general, we expect too much of partners. We can't fulfil a person's every single need and, after ten years or so, many relationships wear out. If we were more philosophical about it, we wouldn't try to blame the other person or be bitter. Votes: 1
Marriage can either be a classroom where people become wiser and better, or a prison where people become resentful; and bitter. Votes: 0
Das ist bitter für einen Menschen, bei allem Wissen keine Macht zu haben. Votes: 3 Herodot
Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent. Votes: 5 Jan Peter Balkenende
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. Votes: 7 Oscar Wilde