{"id":8525,"date":"2015-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites-stage.familylife.com\/flministries\/?p=8525"},"modified":"2015-07-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T00:00:00","slug":"a-hollywood-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/articles\/topics\/marriage\/troubled-marriage\/infidelity\/a-hollywood-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hollywood Ending"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sana was stuck in what she called a \u201cmiserable marriage.\u201d In her loneliness she reached out to a man she \u201cmet\u201d in an online chatroom. She called herself \u201cSweetie\u201d and he used the name \u201cPrince of Joy.\u201d They began opening up to each other and became online soul mates. \u201cI was suddenly in love,\u201d Sana says.<\/p>\n

Finally, she made arrangements for a date with \u201cPrince of Joy.\u201d When Sana showed up, she was shocked to discover that her new love was \u2026 her own husband, Adnan.<\/p>\n

If this were a Hollywood movie, Sana and Adnan would burst into tears, forgive each other, and melt in each other\u2019s arms. But this wasn\u2019t Hollywood. Each felt betrayed by the other\u2019s unfaithfulness, and they are pursuing a divorce. Said Adnan, \u201cI still find it hard to believe that Sweetie, who wrote such wonderful things, is actually the same woman I married and who has not said a nice word to me for years.\u201d<\/p>\n

What saddens me in this story is that Adnan and Sana are so typical of many married couples today who drift into isolation. They forget the qualities that first attracted them to each other, and they look elsewhere for the love they want so desperately. Sometimes that love is right in front of them, and they can\u2019t see it. I keep thinking that if I read the story one more time, that magical Hollywood ending would magically appear.<\/p>\n

Many of the readers commenting on the story<\/a> seemed to feel the same way. Some sample e-mails:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they both should try to work out their marriage situation. It seems like they have forgotten what they have for each other.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhether they realize it or not, they both learned a very valuable and ironic lesson \u2026 that they are still the same people they initially fell in love with. They just, obviously, stopped communicating.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf this didn\u2019t teach them they\u2019re right for each other, then they will probably be miserable with whomever they finally do end up with.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Here at FamilyLife, we see different endings to stories like this every week at our Weekend to Remember\u00ae marriage getaways<\/a>. Many couples attend these conferences just to refresh a good marriage, while others go as a last resort in hopes of avoiding a divorce. When these couples turn their lives and their marriages over to God\u2019s direction, they often see a transformation in their relationship that could be called miraculous.<\/p>\n

You just have to pray that somehow Adnan and Sana can learn about God\u2019s power to redeem a relationship that appears hopeless.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2007 by FamilyLife. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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