Lifestyle. Tales From the Front.  From Mr. Wrong To Mr.
Unbelievably Great  If At First They Don't Succeed, What Makes
People Think They Should Try Marriage A Second Time?  January
14, 1996|By Cheryl Lavin, Tribune Staff Writer.  Most people who
get divorced remarry. Why? They know what can go wrong. Maybe
they want to see if it can actually go right. Maybe they have a
dream and they don't want to let go.  Rachel married Tom, her
first real boyfriend. She was a junior in high school when they
met and he had just graduated. She was so much in love with him
that she gave up her plans to go to college to be with him. They
got married and Tom started his own construction business.
Rachel got pregnant and quit her job.  The construction business
is either boom or bust, and it was mostly bust for them, so
Rachel went to work part time. But she had full-time
responsibility for their daughter.  "Tom was not a hands-on type
father. He loved Amy, but he wanted nothing to do with her care,
feeding, play time, etc. I lov