Can This Marriage Be Saved?

Relationship expert Daniel Wiles says that choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems. There are no problem-free candidates, the trick is to acknowledge each other's limitations and build from there. When Ted and Karen met, they were opposites attracting; she radiated spontaneity but he saw her as an irresponsible airhead. Aaron Beck tells couples in counseling never to think these fixed mind-set thoughts: My partner is incapable of change.