ABSTRACT
If you had the courage to leave a fatally flawed first marriage and chose well, how could your second marriage be in trouble? Is it him/me or the institution of marriage?
If this marriage is not meeting your needs, how do you decide whether to divorce, work to improve it, or accept the spouse and marriage for what it is? Can you deal with a second divorce? Statistically, the divorce rate is higher for second marriages, exceeding 60 percent. Partly this is because second marriages have more structural stress such as dealing with a stepfamily and ex-spouse. In addition, the partners know that although divorce is painful, they will survive. People are less tolerant of difficult or marginal second marriages.
