You are fortunate!
Many people spend a lifetime in a relationship that is not nearly as strong. People marry young without knowing the concept of long term compatibility.
Even culture comes into play. American culture itself creates challenges and often times unrealistic expectations, resulting in deep unhappiness.
Yep. I have family members in abusive relationships that they cannot escape. It is far too common.
One man married a woman whose family is Catholic so they had to do certain things with the priest prior to marriage. The priest told them they should NOT be married.
The priest was absolutely correct.
They married anyway.
The woman ran up the credit card debt, took all of the money, all of the furniture, and filed for divorce..
Prior to the divorce they had a child. The husband's parents had divorced and he did not want his child to be in a split family, so he remarried his ex wife. They do not have a marriage.
He works. She does nothing but sit at home, eat, make Jabba The Hut look slim, yells at him, and take all of his money. I don't think he owns the land their house is on...
He has had amble opportunities to leave but he has always refused to do so. Along they way, they had more kids, and with one exception, they are an absolute mess and cannot function in society. They have been brought up to serve the mother, just like their father has been trained.
While this "relationship" is horrible and abusive. I have other family members in far worse situations and makes this one look like paradise.
What's love got to do with it...
Later,
Dan
