Results: Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage

One author is seeking to shed some light on what she says is the real truth about married life. Heather Havrilesky, 51, wrote a book, Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage, about what happens post-marriage vows. In it, she confesses to hating her husband. If you are in a marriage or long term committed relationship, have you ever thought "I hate my ..."?

She even goes so far as to calling him a "smelly heap of laundry" and a "snoring heap of meat." Have you ever called your spouse of significant other a "not so nice" name out loud or under your breath?

Heather's book is, of course, creating a lot of controversy. But she's not too worried about it. She believes that far too often people don't tell the truth about how hard it really is to stay married to the same person year after year, decade after decade. Do you think marriage, or being in a long term committed relationship is hard work or easy?

She makes an important point that is hard to deny about the way that marriage is typically portrayed. "We pretend marriage is a binary system, either you're happy or unhappy," she said. "I wanted to own up to the full range of emotions a marriage creates." She compares marriage to a roller coaster that never ends, with its ups and downs. Do you think this is a fair description?