My favorite authors now dead had failed relationships. i wonder how they were able to write such inspiring works but were not able to sustain lasting relationships. Gill Edwards, Wayne Dyer, Lynn Grabhorn even Rabbi Darfour who was divorced at least twice.

I am glad Sylvia Boorstein in her 80s is still happy in her marriage. I don’t know how old M. Tamura is but he is still happy with his wife. I admire Dr Bruce Lipton and his wife

My husband volunteered an explanation based on our own lives. The partners have greater chances of having a lasting relationship when they are engaged in the same field – both of us are educators.

M Tamura and his wife are together in a ministry.  But the marriage of Burt Bacharach with Carole Bayer sager with whom he wrote many musical compositions did not last; Carole had a lot of ugly things to complain against Burt!

Sylvia Boorstein works separately from her physician husband but Sylvia has written about how her husband always initiated the endeavors to develop their brand of spirituality.

Whatever is the X Factor, I believe a relationship has to be sustained with constant care and respect for the individual.