Kenya Barris Quotes

When you're in a relationship you want it to work. My parents did, I did. But we are not taught how to make it work.

I don't know, one out of every two marriages ends up in divorce so there's a lot of great people out there who people aren't happy with.

You don't divorce simply because your spouse has a number of qualities you dislike and on occasions makes your life uncomfortable. If you are reasonable, you view divorce as a measure of last resort. There are many steps you can take in the meantime. You might even call in a trained mediator.

I see couples fighting about the stupidest things. You just have to rise above everything.

It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix.

I didn't come from a background where I saw a lot of loving couples. All my aunts and uncles were either split up or fighting all the time. The only healthy relationships I saw were on TV.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

If you have ever been to couples therapy it's really, really challenging.

I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is.

There is love there. And then there's times when I can't even stomach Simon. You don't have to sit next to him. That's all I have to say.

I wanted to write about relationships in a more honest, raw sort of way. Get away from all those cliches about how 'time heals' and how you can be the better person. Less sugar-coating and more 'feel the pain.'

I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.

Everyone knows marriage is tough.

In a marriage, every fight is the same fight, over and over again, in different forms.

I think it's important for people to know that there's no such thing as a perfect relationship, you know?

I remember, in the early days of my marriage, I thought I married the wrong person. We held to our own ideas of what the other should be and do, but neither of us lived up to those expectations.

Every relationship has their ups and downs, and, you know, when you start having more downs than ups, you know, you gotta take a look at your relationship and be like, you know, 'Is this something that I'm supposed to be doing?'

My boyfriend and I like to fight a lot. I have a lot of problems. He has a lot of problems. Somehow, we always work them out and find a way back to each other.

Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.

All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble.

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible; that is, that one is male and the other female.

There's lots of problem solving in any marriage, but when you have this collective goal that is a human being, it's an inspiring rally point.

I'm married, I have three children, I never hit my wife.

My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.

I don't think any relationship responds well to pressure.