EEQ
I am a big advocate of “love is a decision, not a feeling.” The feeling of being “in love” will not always be there, there will be days, maybe weeks or months, that you are angry with someone. But by committing yourself to marry that person, you are committing to be with them forever, through the good and the bad. So many people get divorced these days and I believe that it is because they go into their marriage with the thought that if it doesn’t work out, they can always leave. You are asking for trouble if you believe that way.
Today’s questions:
1. When was a time that I had to set aside what I was feeling in order to make the decision to love you?
2. When was a time when making the decision to love you lead to great joy?
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That’s an important way to look at things, and I completely agree with you. My boyfriend’s brother-in-law says that you have to wake up every day and choose to love your partner. Because there will be days where you don’t like them very much. To think otherwise is naive, no matter how peachy things are right now.
And as silly as it sounds to use a celebrity reference (given the majority’s track record), Will Smith constantly says that divorce is not an option in his marriage, and I think that has to be true for a relationship to last. As soon as it becomes an option, that’s probably the end of things.
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