Unimaginative people are spared quite a lot. They're often much happier, because they don't go through all the variety of conceptions of the person they love.

People try much less hard to make a marriage work than they used to fifty years ago. Divorce is easier.

They may turn out to be a great disappointment, or perhaps they may be full of enchanting surprises.

Women's courage is rather different from men's. The fact that women have to bring up children and look after husbands makes them braver at facing long-term issues, such as illness. Men are more immediately courageous. Lots of people are brave in battle.