Scientific studies about relationships fascinate me, and I devour them hungrily, especially when they give big, fancy-sounding names to everyday experiences.

Subsisting on a diet drawn from one food group isn't healthy or gratifying. Even eating cupcakes 24/7 eventually would get old!

I don't care how handsome or fabulous or funny the groom is, or how sweet and accommodating the bride, or vice versa. Marriage is hard.

One study found that people who smile in childhood photographs are less likely to get a divorce.

If you had asked me when I was 28 and in my wedding dress if I ever thought I would end up in my forties flipping my husband the bird over potato chips, I'd say you were crazy.

Women tell stories; men want answers. Guys get impatient when we drone on forever; we get frustrated when they tune out.

Divorce is contagious. That's right - when you have a close couple friend split up, it increases your chances of getting a divorce by 75 percent.

Wait in expectant of the desired wishes.

We all have a reason for living I am blessed mine has two eyes a heartbeat and calls me mum.

Everything becomes yours when we learn to long and love for everything.

Never job backwards. What might have been was a waste of time.

So much more profitable and gracious is doctrine by example than by rule.

Rather than being taught to accept ourselves, we were trained to make ourselves socially acceptable. And whenever we fail, we suffer inside.

'Fault' means failure to meet a standard. Whose? Mine.

The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured.

The regular course of studies, the years of academical and professional education, have not yielded me better facts than some idle books under the bench at the Latin School.

You can keep it to yourself, but you could also call a support team like the team at MS LifeLines. They are there to support the MS community and give good advice.