Being Together

About the Book

Every marriage is a partnership of two individuals, each of whom has strengths and weaknesses. For a marriage to survive, it is important that each marriage partner understands the different experiences and perspectives that their partner brings to the marriage relationship. Marriages may begin with a romantic idea of love, but that alone is usually not enough to ensure a long-lasting union. Our book presents a dialogue between husband and wife (ourselves) concerning the issues that commonly arise in marriages—including our own. While this dialogue consists of e-mails written to each other (like letters in an earlier era), it was not edited later to reduce conflicting opinions or uncomfortable feelings. We believe that, whenever possible, honest communication is the best way to deal with the difficulties that arise in a marriage.

About the Author

Susan and Gene have been married for seventeen years. Prior to their current marriage, they have had a combined forty-three years of marriage experience. Gene is a professor emeritus of physics at the California State University in Sacramento, where he taught for twenty-six years. He was born in Topeka, Kansas. Susan has degrees in English literature and art history and has taught at the Erie campus of the Pennsylvania State University. In addition, she has been publications manager for a library software company, editor for an educational testing company, and a newspaper reporter/photographer. She was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. Susan and Gene have each published other books. They live in Monterey, California.