ABSTRACT

Most of your marriage expectations come from the family you have grown up in—you want your family to be like that family, or you want it not to be like that family, or you want it to be like your next-door neighbor's family, or a friend's family. If you have been married before, you may have been disappointed after your first marriage did not live up to your earlier expectations. After you've had that unfortunate experience, you may be expecting this new remarriage family to be the family you've always dreamed about.