Can This Marriage Be Saved?
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| Ritchie and Madonna. Source: people.com. |
If you’ve been keeping up with the tabloids (or The New York Times) this week, you’ve no doubt seen that a few prominent boomer marriages have hit the skids: Madonna is rumored to have had an “affair of the heart” with baseball player Alex Rodriguez, and meanwhile Christie Brinkley’s divorce trial continues to make headlines. At 49 (Her Madgesty) and 54 (Brinkley), both of these ladies have mastered How Not to Look Old, but perhaps they could use some advice from another Springboard author? In The Marriage Benefit, marriage therapist (and instructor of psychology at Harvard) Mark O’Connell argues that saving a marriage is almost always worth it. What advice would he offer Madonna, Brinkley, and their husbands? He might point to the seventh resolution in his book: Forgive and give thanks. O’Connell recommends that partners acknowledge their disappointments with each other without assuming that either person deserves more of the blame for the situation.
Do you think it’s possible for Guy Ritchie to forgive Madonna for her alleged adultry? Should Christie Brinkley have given Peter Cook another chance? Are celebrity marriages worth saving? Let us know what you think, and if you’re looking for more marriage tips, check out The Marriage Benefit.
