A couple I knew many years ago, and one with whom my husband and I became close friends, perhaps even too close at times, married in 1975. I’ll call them Bill and Julie. As with most marriages, everything was fine at first, even splendid, sometimes spectacular. Four years and two children later, however, things had disintegrated to the point that divorce seemed imminent. What happened?

Granted, my husband and I aren’t marriage counselors, but from our perspective, Bill was most at fault. Of course we never let our thoughts be known for fear of alienating them as friends. In hindsight, maybe we should have. Bill domineered the relationship. He demanded that Julie do things his and his way only.

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