The Self-Righteous Marriage

Why I thought 'correct theology' would save me from becoming a statistic and how wrong I was

When I was young and newly married, I quickly adopted my church’s language surrounding relationships. I was so proud of my married identity and of how I was not ever going to become a statistic since I believed the correct things about marriage. Well, I was young and naive and a bit too self-righteous, it seems.

The things we were expected to bear: * “Di…