I don't find anything surprising in this study.
Husbands older than wives--check. Children--check. Parents divorced--check. Second or third marriages--check. Males married before age 25--check.
As a veteran of a failed marriage before age 25 and now a veteran of almost 25 years of marriage, here are some of my thoughts about marriage.
First you have to be committed to making your marriage work. That comes from the heart and not the mouth. It's about not being selfish but more importantly it's about giving of yourself, emotionally, financially, morally, ethically, spiritually and any other way you can think of and some you can't. It's about empathy for your partner or at least trying to understand things you don't understand.
It's about recognizing your spouse's faults, not always easily done, and then accepting those faults. More importantly it's about realizing that you also have faults. And it's understanding that you are a team and you really can't work independent of each other.
It's about caring for the other person enough that you do things for that person that you would not do for anyone else. That can only be done in repetition when you know you can trust your spouse.
Finally the foundation for all of the above lies in the love for your partner. Doing any of the above is impossible without that love.
July 14, 2009 in
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