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The truth about marriage

And how your relationship may be less stable than you think.

When most couples get married they鈥檙e optimistic that their union won鈥檛 end in divorce. The statistics show this to be hopelessly naive. But we鈥檒l be talking to a philosopher who argues that irrational optimism is鈥ell, rational.

Picture: A broken Heart
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