Making Marriage Simple

What it is about

Making Marriage Simple is a later, shorter statement by Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt of the same Imago ideas, for people already coupled. Safety comes first; a structured dialogue is offered so that a complaint can be heard instead of returned at once as a case. The recurring fight is treated as a clue to an old injury waking up in the marriage, not as proof that the match was wrong and the only remaining task is to exit or to win. The book shortens the 1988 argument; it does not replace it with a promise that simplicity removes conflict.

Questions it can answer

• How do Hendrix and Hunt treat a recurring fight as a clue rather than as a verdict on the match?
• What is the dialogue in this shorter book meant to slow down?
• How does this statement differ from the longer 1988 account of childhood and the power struggle?

What you will not find

• A vow that a shorter book will save any marriage
• A secret technique for changing a partner without their participation
• The singles’ selection guide, rewritten for people already married