His data says that 70 percent of the problems that couples wrestle with are unsolvable. He calls these “perpetual problems.” But that is not necessarily a bad thing. His conclusion is that the couples that stay together for life, what he calls “Master Couples,” accept that many of their problems are like this and develop workarounds. They do not let these problems end up destroying their happiness. They seek a “good enough” resolution of these perpetual problems and move on.
