A speaker examines why some people struggle to forgive in long marriages, especially those who experienced childhood rejection. He introduces the idea of a "forgiveness quotient" and argues that unexamined pain and dysfunction can persist for decades, even in celebrated partnerships.
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Two people can celebrate 20 years in marriage, 40 years in marriage, but they dislike each other to the teeth. Anybody who is married or who knows will tell you that what I'm saying is true. There comes a time that people just agree, there's nothing I'm gaining from you again, let's just keep this for the sake of eternity. Yeah, yeah, it gets that bad. But you say, ah, is it possible? What's your forgiveness quotient? No, you have to answer. You might be on your way to what I've just described now and you are saying, wow, how quickly are you to forgive? To forgive restore affection. Let me tell you something. If a spouse grows up in a place that there's rejection, where the person face rejection, number one, the fellow will find it difficult to forgive. Number two, the fellow will find it difficult to restore affection when there's pain, because that is the life the fellow has known. We have to examine the, the results. There's no need for the pain and the dysfunctionality we face. There's no need for it.