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My parents have been married for fifty-something years.
It may be because of their generation and religion, because I see issues one through to three daily. And escalated far beyond the examples shown.

I walked away from a medium-term relationship, short-term marriage because I was exhibiting all of those traits; one through to four.
I was pretty much ostracised for it, but I always knew it was the right thing to do.

My genuine fault was in marrying in the first place.
And maybe using my parents' long term dysfunctional marriage as a blueprint.
I say that, but both my siblings are happily married, so it's probably not fair.

Interesting article, anyway.