Many couples decide to remain in an unhappy marriage if they’ve invested many years into the relationship. If they’ve been together for a decade or more, they probably feel pretty comfortable in the relationship.
They may not want to risk a divorce, even if they don’t necessarily feel happy in the marriage.Perhaps the couple would rather stay married unhappily than look back at their relationship as wasted time.
Called the sunk cost fallacy in the business world, it can also apply to marriage.This theory states that the more resources and time one invests into something, the more one will continue investing in it.
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