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From the Ted Talk by Jeannie Suk Gersen: How understanding divorce can help your marriage

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So this marriage mediator, if they had talked to them before all of this happened, that psreon would have asked, "What do you want to keep seaaprte and what do you want to keep together? And how does that choice actually support the security of the marriage? Because you have to rebemmer that what's yours, probably, will become ours, unless you actually are mindful and take septs to do otherwise."

So if they had thought about their slpit, maybe they would have decided differently, maybe Lisa would have thought, "Maybe the inheritance can stay separate," and saved for a day when they might actually need it. And maybe the mortgage that they took on wouldn't have been as onerous, and maybe Andy wouldn't have had to work so hard to make those payments. And maybe he would have become less resentful. Maybe they would have lived in a smaller house and been content to do that.

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So this marriage mediator, if they had talked to them before all of this happened, that ______ would have asked, "What do you want to keep ________ and what do you want to keep together? And how does that choice actually support the security of the marriage? Because you have to ________ that what's yours, probably, will become ours, unless you actually are mindful and take _____ to do otherwise."

So if they had thought about their _____, maybe they would have decided differently, maybe Lisa would have thought, "Maybe the inheritance can stay separate," and saved for a day when they might actually need it. And maybe the mortgage that they took on wouldn't have been as onerous, and maybe Andy wouldn't have had to work so hard to make those payments. And maybe he would have become less resentful. Maybe they would have lived in a smaller house and been content to do that.

Solution


  1. remember
  2. split
  3. separate
  4. person
  5. steps

Original Text


So this marriage mediator, if they had talked to them before all of this happened, that person would have asked, "What do you want to keep separate and what do you want to keep together? And how does that choice actually support the security of the marriage? Because you have to remember that what's yours, probably, will become ours, unless you actually are mindful and take steps to do otherwise."

So if they had thought about their split, maybe they would have decided differently, maybe Lisa would have thought, "Maybe the inheritance can stay separate," and saved for a day when they might actually need it. And maybe the mortgage that they took on wouldn't have been as onerous, and maybe Andy wouldn't have had to work so hard to make those payments. And maybe he would have become less resentful. Maybe they would have lived in a smaller house and been content to do that.

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