Omitting is lying when you know the information withheld will change the outcome of a persons perspective on how they should weigh their choices on how to maneuver the situation. It can very well be manipulation.
your SPOUSE is the one who’ll sit beside you when your PARENTS DIE. who’ll hold your hand through CHILDBIRTH. who might have to BATHE YOU if you’re ever too sick to stand. this isn’t just about BUTTERFLIES or DATE NIGHTS. it’s about choosing someone who SHOWS UP... in GRIEF, in MESS, in UNCERTAINTY. so no, LOVE ALONE isn’t enough. COMMITMENT, MATURITY, and the ability to ENDURE life’s ugly parts... that’s what sustains a MARRIAGE. because when life gets PAINFULLY REAL, ROMANCE won’t carry you... CHARACTER will. and the truth is, FOREVER is only possible with someone who knows how to STAY when it’s HARD TO LOVE
I love what books do to me. I love being undone by a book. I love laughing—truly laughing—because of a book. I love getting lost in its pages and forgetting, for a while, that reality exists. I love being riled up by a book, ranting about it, thinking because of it.❤️