Marriage & Intimacy — Part of An Expanded Review of Justin Baldoni’s ‘Man Enough’
Justin Baldoni wades through the sea of love and romance…along with all the misconceptions about what we’re told it means
Marriage is held up as a societal ideal for which everyone should strive. So how do we reconcile that with the sky-high divorce rate? How do child abuse and domestic (spousal) violence become so common? If finding a spouse who will bring us fulfillment serves as a key to living a happy life, then why do so many Americans fall short of ever attaining that for ourselves?
In Chapter 8 of his book Man Enough, Justin Baldoni provides readers with a window into his marriage with his wife Emily. He narrates how the path to finding one another was rocky, and, quite often, messy. But he concludes that the journey has been well worth any bumps (or potholes!) felt along the way, with their destination tantalizingly in flux.
This is Part 8 of an eleven-part series examining Baldoni’s book.
Chapter 8 (“Loved Enough”)
Baldoni opens this chapter by specifying that his discussion on love is predominantly in regard to the romantic or marital iterations of…
