“ Failure is part of being human, and it is definitely part of being married. ”
All the couples therapy and communication seminars in the world won't save you if you aren't prepared to close your eyes and hug the mainmast through a storm.
~ Ada Calhoun
So what's the secret to staying together? I asked her. Be nice? she offered. I laughed, but that may be it, the way a secret to losing weight is to eat less. Be nice. Don't leave. That's all.
I want to say that at various points in your marriage, may it last forever, you will look at this person and feel only rage.
...there is so much beauty in the trying, and in the failing, and in the trying again.