Weekend Kindness
Reaching Others Through Kindness

That’s the question I asked back in July, and it’s central to what we believe about relationships and what we can do to make them as strong as possible:

You see, society has succeeded (in the majority) of defining marriage by love.  There are many ways that this has been done, but the point is that the Western world believes that they must have love to have a marriage.  If they do not have this emotion, then (other than children) there?s really no reason to still be together.

Now, I?m not saying that we should not foster love in our relationships, but what I am saying is that marriage is more about commitment than feelings, and if we want to see marriages last longer we?re going to have to change the concept of why people get married in the first place.

Why did you get married to your spouse?  Was it because of love, because of commitment, or something else?

How Long Should Marriage Last?

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