{"id":15707,"date":"2010-01-05T19:15:56","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T03:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=15707"},"modified":"2010-01-05T19:15:56","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T03:15:56","slug":"what-makes-for-a-good-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=15707","title":{"rendered":"What Makes For A Good Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his third hour today, Dennis Prager, who&#8217;s on his third marriage, said: &#8220;Let me give you a realization I came to about life that I did not know 20 years ago. The role of luck in good marriage. I am now convinced that the vast majority of long-term good marriages are good because they&#8217;re lucky that they found the right person for them. Period. End of issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Had you asked me this 30 years ago, I would&#8217;ve said, shared values and a lot of noble-sounding things. 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