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Originally Posted by bigtmac19
I think this is so true. There wasn't some magical formula to marriage "back then". I just think as Troutman said, people hid their problems, divorce, marriage counselling, or any other counselling for that matter had too much of a stigma attached to them.
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That and as my mother once said, people were often ostricised by the community. You kept whatever problems you had to yourself and didn't tell anyone. My mothers mother often helped people in need but at the same time was very careful about who knew what she did. She always had an extra room in the house for battered women looking for a place to stay while they found somewhere else to live.