You hear it all the time. Marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition. You have to give your one hundred percent. The math in this statement sounds good. But, as a successful relationship philosophy, it’s bound to fail. You might ask why I think that. Putting one hundred percent into a relationship would seem to ensure success, not failure. However, in my experience – and I’ve been married since the Middle Ages – a successful marriage cannot adequately negotiate the roadways of lif

At one period of the Harveys’ life, circumstances forced us to do a bona-fide “starting over,” including a career change. On this new frontier, on-the-job clashes took the romance out of our relationship until talk of divorce scared us into separating business from pleasure. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Lee and I decided to open our own hair-styling salon, allowing us more time together, plus permitting me space to write in my spare time. “It won’t work,” warned naysayers