2006-12-19 16:25:40 · 31 answers · asked by Stregita 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
love, but a dying word; spent easily, flown through endless cracks in perill, a healer in one sense a divider in another. You hope to hear the words but they have been cheapened as each passing year goes. Would it not be better to say I adore you, or even more, I'm part of you.
Love should be enough, but it's not the words it's in how you show it. Then it screams in the silence, yes I do; love you so.
2006-12-19 16:35:18 · answer #1 · answered by shadycaliber 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No definately not! There needs to be alot more. Such as common interest. Respect. The want to be with that person. Enjoyment. Oh there is so much more. Love is definately not enough. Are you happy in the marriage? You can love someone and not be happy sharing your life with that person. There needs to be more in a marriage than just love. I know people say that if you love each other than you'll be able to get through anything but I don't believe that is always the case. Love will get you to a certain point but after that a marriage needs more because it is a every day life long commitment and loving one another does not mean that you will always like that person or get along with them especially when you're with them everyday.
2006-12-20 01:11:31 · answer #2 · answered by dbbgic 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Its the starting point but trust is the real foundation.The person has to be your friend but not necessarily your best friend .You also need an out for your frustrations that come with marriage a good friend of the same sex. That BS about having friends of the opposite sex doesn't work .You both will have to change to make the commitment and then you have to except the changes without feeling trapped or holding a grudge for your other.If you are young wait don't rush your life along. From 18 to 25 you both will become completely different people.Not in a bad way ,but from just growing up and getting direction in you lives. Don't use marriage as an escape from your current life.
2006-12-20 00:34:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people don't know what love is. Love isn't just a feeling. It's an action. It's all the things you do in a relationship- being kind, knowing how to not be selfish, giving and giving, trusting each other, being faithful, respecting each other, being there for the other person, etc. And both sides have to do all these things equally and together. So, yes, love is enough, when you know what love is.
2006-12-20 00:29:16 · answer #4 · answered by Rockstar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so. I mean my husband and i dont have too maby common interests, hes 15 years older, different crowds of friends. We've been through a lot in the two and a half years of marriage including the loss of our first baby. We argue little discussions. His family is tooooooooo much drama. But we've managed to overcome everything because we truely love each other. But you might want to here from someone who's been married longer. But this is just my opinion. Happy Holidays.
2006-12-20 00:39:37 · answer #5 · answered by LD82 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I have been married for 28 years and in beginning I loved my husband very much. Unfortunately things have happened and over time I have seen a side of my husband I do not like. He does not communcate with me about his feeling. His interfering mother has also been a huge problem in our marriage with his loyalty going to her rather than me. Little things become big things and over time you slowly lose the love you once had. We are together for financial reasons and no other. You need to be able to talk about your feeling without your partner getting angry and defensive.
2006-12-20 00:49:32 · answer #6 · answered by Lock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need love and friendship.
Think- could you be this person's friend without loving them?
If you are this persons friend, with love on top of that, you have something that could really last.
For a marriage, you both need to be able to see the other's point of view.
2006-12-20 00:29:40 · answer #7 · answered by person 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No....You have to love and be in love with someone. You have to be committed and willing to make comprises. Don't marry someone with the intentions of trying to change them. Too many people do not take marriage seriously now day, so even if you love someone, you need to be able to communicate and love them for what and who they are.
2006-12-20 00:31:32 · answer #8 · answered by Dyan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but a marriage can not do without love.
2006-12-20 00:29:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you see two tottering elderly people come into a restaurant still holding hands near the end of the long haul, you are not necessarily looking at two wonderful people who knew how to make a love relationship last. What you are very likely seeing is one wonderful person who knew how to make a love relationship last and one lucky person who found her.
2006-12-20 00:42:00 · answer #10 · answered by john s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋