Marriages can work if we know how to LOVE
Marriages can work if we know how to ⤵️
@yashggorani
I find this a little too generalized, as it may not apply the same in everyone's case or hold truth for all.
Love alone doesn't guarantee a successful marriage. Has the potential to make it into a great one, yes, but "successful" is relative, and there's more than love that is required from both ends, to make something sustain for a long time, in a healthy way!
People are different with unique experiences and thoughts, despite the similarity of their situations or personalities, I feel.
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou
You're absolutely right—love is a powerful foundation, but it’s not a guarantee of a successful marriage. Love can bring people together and inspire a sense of connection and belonging, but a lasting, healthy partnership requires a mix of other elements to truly thrive.
Successful relationships often hinge on factors like mutual respect, trust, and communication. These allow couples to navigate differences and challenges in a way that strengthens their bond instead of eroding it. Compatibility in values, life goals, and emotional needs also plays a key role—without alignment in these areas, even strong love can struggle to sustain a partnership.
As you pointed out, people are uniquely shaped by their individual experiences, perspectives, and emotional landscapes. This uniqueness is beautiful, but it can also mean that a one-size-fits-all approach to love or marriage simply doesn’t work. Even in seemingly similar circumstances, two people may respond very differently based on their upbringing, personality, or emotional intelligence.
Love, on its own, can sometimes blind us to red flags or make us dismiss practical incompatibilities. For a marriage to succeed long-term, it also requires shared effort, compromise, patience, and a commitment to growing both individually and as a couple. It’s the consistent, everyday actions—small and large—that truly sustain love and make a partnership thrive.
@Sel3ne
Thank you for elaborating on this so nicely, it helps put out a better, healthier, more realistic perspective out there, rather than the usual blanket-like message that we often also see circulating around social media too, potentially limiting and impacting how people feel and what they believe about different things, no matter how far from reality it may seem or how little truth it may hold.
I appreciate the detailing and thoughtfulness!💛
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou
And both love and marriage are daily efforts on all fronts for things to keep working for everyone involved. 🤷🏻♂️
@eaterofwords85 Very true, it's a conscious choice and a decision people make every day, choosing their person and making things work out when it gets difficult. (Leaving aside the exceptional situations relating with abuse, cheating etc, of course)
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou I agree with you. Marriage is not for everyone, either. I just wanted to make this point.
@calmMango9611
Glad you agree also.
Very true about marriage, and to each their own!
It sounds strange. Love is like perception that is displayed after spending time together in good & bad situation.
For marriage being realistic is one of most important aspects that I find useful. Neither develop hyped emotions nor display it which can provide false perception. Instead letting each moment decide what it brings with it and being open to it. Too much display of affection can cause mental trauma to either one when things go wrong and they do once a while.
Not leaving someone in adversity and sticking together is Love. And also celebrate victory of your partner, its Love too. How can you practice it? Not possible.
On lighter note, Listening skill would really help in marriage or any relationship. Start with that! 😊