Everybody Marries the Wrong Person From Infatuation and Disenchantment to Mature Love

by Meinecke, Christine

• ISBN13: 9780882823195
• ISBN10: 0882823191
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-13
• Publisher: New Horizon Press

Summary

So, you married the wrong person. Your spouse did as well. But what, exactly, does it mean?

Author Biography

Christine Meinecke, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in private practice. She completed a doctorate at University of Kansas and postdoctoral fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Also a playwright, her comedic play, Flutter the Dovecotes, won the 2009 Iowa Playwrights Workshop competition and was first produced by Tallgrass Theatre Company. Dr. Meinecke married her beloved wrong person twenty-eight years ago, and they live in Des Moines, Iowa.

Table of Contents

What It Means
Out with the Old	p. 3
I May Be Dumb	p. 13
Red Flags	p. 31
Infatuation
Nature's Cruel Joke	p. 57
Hot Sex Here	p. 65
Mutual Admiration Society	p. 77
So Much in Common	p. 83
Disenchantment
Bait and Switch	p. 97
Soap Operas	p. 107
Mature Love
In with the New	p. 123
Strengths and Virtues	p. 139
ôDown in Front!ö	p. 149
Growing Yourself Up	p. 173
Extreme Makeovers	p. 195
…But I'm Not Stupid	p. 215
The Love We Make	p. 227
Acknowledgments	p. 231
Notes	p. 233
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