your SPOUSE is the one whoโll sit beside you when your PARENTS DIE. whoโll hold your hand through CHILDBIRTH. who might have to BATHE YOU if youโre ever too sick to stand. this isnโt just about BUTTERFLIES or DATE NIGHTS. itโs about choosing someone who SHOWS UP... in GRIEF, in MESS, in UNCERTAINTY. so no, LOVE ALONE isnโt enough. COMMITMENT, MATURITY, and the ability to ENDURE lifeโs ugly parts... thatโs what sustains a MARRIAGE. because when life gets PAINFULLY REAL, ROMANCE wonโt carry you... CHARACTER will. and the truth is, FOREVER is only possible with someone who knows how to STAY when itโs HARD TO LOVE