Have you ever heard a story that is similar to yours with a very unhappy ending? Did it get to you?

Over a year ago, I read a story on a wedding blog that I follow and this story burrowed it's way into my head and won't let go. It's not always there, but it pops up in my mind just enough to throw me off sometimes.

The particular blog post was about divorce, by a woman who wishes she would have listened to her gut and called off her wedding. Her story is similar to mine in many ways: she was a young, American woman who fell in love with a W. African man. Her husband had a young daughter who she essentially adopted. He was unemployed or underemployed. The country they were living in went through a coup d'etat.
All of these are the same as my situation.

They had different life rhythms- which I could say is kind of similar to my relationship, in that my SO prefers to be surrounded by people and I prefer to be alone or with just him. He isn't as motivated as I am in furthering his education. We also have a big gap in incomes and future earning potential.

Seeing that her story is soooo much like mine, it really got to me. It really got into my head and freaked me out. And like I said, now it pops up every once in awhile. Pops up and worries me.
Things have been going well for us, but things aren't perfect. We still have our particular issues. And I've always felt like marriage....either to him or anybody else, is a huge gamble. A huge leap of faith. And I know that in some ways, we have the odds stacked a bit higher against us than most people.
I believe in us, I believe that we can do it. But I am not naive and I know that the possibility of divorce is real.

(this same "story comparison" situation happened before when we went LD. I was friends with a girl who left her African husband to go to France for school and he died several months later, while she was gone. That story was constantly in my head while I lived in France and I was always worried that it would happen to me)

Well, now I am just rambling. I guess I was just wondering if anyone has felt like this?