Is it better to fake it til you make it? When my aunt puts on her "face"(makeup) and steps out, her life is seemingly prefect: strong and stable marriage, amazing job and beautiful children. But behind closed doors, when her happy face is wiped clean, she carries the weight of the world on her shoulders: nieces and nephews strayed from the lighted path, a middle child willing to die to be accepted, a great job with no chance of advancement- just a pay raise and a crumbling marriage. Her marriage didn't have a strong base in the beginning (she gave the man a choice between married life or life without her after 2 years, deep huh?) She has come to me a number of times about her sacred unity. My question is, is it better to fake a happy life vs being alone? If so, when will she "make it"? I leave you with two things to chew over: 1) marriage doesn't guarantee a happily ever after and 2) Divorce doesn't occur when people don't understand each other anymore, but that they've only begun to.
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