Love marriages are a recent phenomenon and throughout history, humans marry for survival, alliances amongst other reasons -- of course, there might or might not be a level of attraction between both parties.
What contemporary humans call love is the butterfly-in-the-stomach feeling; love, in its essence, is a verb.
That attritional work you put in EVERYDAY to nurture your relationships, even when you sometimes feel like strangling your partner.
That attritional work you put in EVERYDAY to nurture your relationships, even when you sometimes feel like strangling your partner.
What makes such stormy situations livable is having common ideals because love will definitely be the last thing on your mind when faces with challenges and the vicissitudes of life as a couple.
This is why there are many damaged persons amongst the younger ones -- nobody is ready to be sacrificial due to the fixation on individualism and self-love.
This doesn't mean one should condone abuses in a relationship but the amount of work required to make any relationship work means everyone should try to work on themselves in order to unlearn toxicities wreaked by childhood trauma;
in loving and forgiving yourself, you learn to radiate such to your spouse which leads to healthy relationships
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