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3/2/2013

 
Related to the news story about a mature couple needed to train for astronauts for an 18 month privately funded mission to Mars, a married couple who have lived alone together for several extended periods have released their survival tips.

But wouldn't any couple squabble? Explorer Deborah Shapiro, who spent more than a year with her husband in the Antarctic, provides some marital survival tips here.

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Someone similar to a couple who ran a farm together one hundred years ago would do very well. Why? Because a couple on a farm lived in interdependence, with accepted roles. They lived frugally, entertaining themselves, producing what they needed and repairing their tools that broke. All those traits are necessary for a long space voyage.

Some examples of people cooped up for long periods: The Big Brother house, nuns and monks, lighthouse keepers and oil rig workers, military units, ice road truckers, people on around-the-world yacht races, submariners and prisoners.

Maybe we should make light of the confinement with a Jailhouse Rock.


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People can and do have a difficult time living together in this era of self-reliant independence. Each person should be allowed quiet time when they're sitting or reading. To do this, one requires self-discipline. Showing tangible signs of caring and empathy ensures that cabin fever never takes hold. When angry, keep your mouth shut. After a time, the trait will evaporate. Doing things is the antidote to boredom—chores, repairs, cooking or writing a journal. The main goal should be to support each other through every phase of life.

Do you think you could discipline yourself more in normal life?


Anita-Clare Field link
3/2/2013 07:31:59 pm

I am very lucky to have the kind of relationship where all of these things are possible. It's wonderful :)

Francene Stanley link
3/3/2013 02:07:01 am

I'd say you are one of the rare women who have found the perfect partner. Most of us have to work hard at our relationship.


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    Born in Australia, I moved to Britain half way through my long life.

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