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Research Paper on the causes of loneliness in Marriage.

Intro
A seemingly healthy marriage can mask the roots of loneliness and it is far too often that this state goes unrecognized and untreated. Whether one or both spouse’s feels disconnected from the other, isolation begins to infect the relationship and even when marriages remain “intact”, the marriage fails to unite in oneness with each other as well as with God. Infertility, over-committed work schedules, and many other life interference’s can not only contribute to loneliness but can also be the underlying reason why a husband and wife eventually “drift” from the desire to love each other. In the busyness of life how is a couple to even identify this poison that so subtly enters and slowly eats away at the foundation of the marriage? As the loneliness goes on unaddressed, the couple will either find unhealthy ways to numb themselves to the pain or devastatingly divorce. Loneliness and isolation does not have to be fatal to a marriage and identifying its existence is the first and hardest step towards healing and a truly united marriage as God designed it to be.

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