&gt;I am convinced that the reason many relationships, from business to marriages, get in trouble is by avoiding the inevitable conflict or managing it poorly.<p>However, it&#x27;s easier to avoid a lot of &quot;inevitable conflict&quot; by not getting into a relationship with someone whose worldview is too different from your own.  Any marriage is going to have some conflict, but picking your partner wisely can minimize that.  People I think tend not to think about this when they&#x27;re young because they haven&#x27;t been through a failed marriage, and society feeds them a lot of fairy-tale bullshit about how &quot;love conquers all&quot;.