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The Importance of Equal Amounts of Solitude in a Relationship Solitude in a relationship in equal amounts is an important factor in making a good marriage. Any good relationship must have a certain degree of independence on both sides. If one person believes tha ....

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.... regulated wisely. Like Rainer Rilke's quotation says, each person basically says how much time alone the other person receives. This amount of time must be large enough to let the person be themselves. If people are not given that time to be themselves, they won't be happy and the relationship will not work. That amount of time that they are given also must not become too large or the other person may begin to feel smothered. Communication problems are often the cause of breakups and divorces. Countless problems can be blamed on communication problems. Like Deborah Tannen says in her essay, "...[Communication problems].... require a new conceptu ....