Al and Tipper

I can't tell you how many times I said through the years that Al and Tipper's marriage wouldn't last.

When a long marriage fails at the end, which happens more often than you might expect, consider the investment in time and emotion. You can find a new partner, but you usually can't turn to her or to him and say, "Remember the time when the Saint Bernard ran between Aunt Helen's legs?" Your new partner never met Aunt Helen or your father and mother. So much gets lost.