Posted AT 9:31 AM EDT on 28/06/07
Temper sweet fantasy with a dose of reality
CLAUDIA DEY
From Thursday's Globe and Mail
Group Therapy is a weekly relationship-based advice column that allows readers to contribute their wisdom. Each week, we'll offer up a problem for you to weigh in on, and then publish the most lively responses, with a final word on the matter delivered by our columnist, Claudia Dey.
THE QUESTION
I've been married for 15 years and been together with my wife for 20.
We're an average couple with average looks and have settled into a pretty average life.
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