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.
Being in a relationship with someone you actually like will make you realize that sex isn’t the centre of everything. Sometimes you’ll be so excited to see your partner and looking forward to fire rounds then you spend hours just talking, laughing, having thought provoking conversations, gossiping, being silly together… and before you know it, it’s 2am and you’re both half asleep.
Yes, obviously you’ll make love but when you genuinely enjoy someone’s company, you realize intimacy is also in the conversations, the comfort, the random moments and just existing together.🥹💙