Marriage is one of life's greatest paradoxes-- it's the source of life's greatest pleasure and the source of life's greatest pain. Frequently the same relationship is the source of both these experiences. How could this be? Doesn't make sense does it? Maybe it does.
A great relationship, that produces intense pleasure, is the product of emotional intimacy, which comes through being open, honest, and vulnerable. And vulnerability is the window through which blows the warm breeze of pleasure and the cold wind of pain.
In fact, you can't have it both ways-- open to the pleasure and protected from the pain. Intimacy is not a semi--permeable membrane that lets the pleasure through and filters out the pain.
The good news is, with some efficient help, a relationship that is experiencing great pain is normally not very far from recovering the pleasure.
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