Subsequently, their marriage and Jones' career began to fall apart.

The reason is that my parents' marriage had begun to fail even before I was born.

As the 1930s went on, the marriage began to fall apart.

After the birth of three children, the marriage began breaking apart.

His marriage to wife Maggie is beginning to fall apart.

However, within a few years, the marriage began to disintegrate.

The marriage was initially happy, but began to sour after a few years.

However the marriage began to collapse and in 1985 they separated.

How many marriages have begun with such feelings as these?

Not that most marriages don't begin on an optimistic note.