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Lets Talk About It

Life can be challenging for many of us, and some people do not have confidants and are skeptical about opening up to their friends. The Monitor has decided accord its readers and the community at large an opportunity to talk openly about their challenges and get advice. We look forward an interactive relationship with our valued readers and our communities.

Dear Gaone

• Please keep my identity anonymous. I am 22-year-old female currently getting married and kinda have mixed emotions. I am overjoyed and scared at the same time. Overjoyed that I have found lifetime companion but scared that things may not turn out as I had expected given the high divorce rates worldwide. In your view what are some of the marital beliefs and expectations that ought to be ironed out prior to holy matrimony; marital beliefs and expectations that sometimes lead to the dissolution of a marriage?

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