1.   His marriage was going through a bad patch.

2.   His wife Ann-Marie Turnpenny, of Sheerwater Avenue, Darlington, said their marriage had been going through a difficult period.

3.   But they both become tiresome as nothing particularly unique, nor even coherent, is revealed about why and how good marriages go bad.

4.   But the marriage goes far deeper than those agreements.

5.   But the marriage went bad quickly.

6.   Dates went unmade, marriages went unvowed.

7.   Despite a slow break from the gate, that marriage is going strong.

8.   Eventually, their marriage went completely awry and they put the company up for sale.

9.   He gently asked how my marriage was going.

10.   He says he was drinking too much, allowing his marriage to go stale, and adrift in his job.