Why do you love your spouse or partner? If you start
thinking carefully, you will realize that the physical attributes play a great
role in it all, and there is no reason why they should not. However, do you
really respect him or her for what he or she is? Respect is a heavy word — it
weighs more than love. You have to respect your partner’s opinions, his or her
idea of personal space, and retain your own respect at the same time. Slavishly
following every whim of your partner and then behaving like a spoilt child once
this transient charm of saying yes to everything is over is not what makes a
marriage.
There are too many people squabbling over money, career,
child rearing, household duties and every possible angle of a conjugal life
today. These petty disagreements are not going to occur if two people respect
each other. It is difficult, and not blindly done, but those who can manage it
have found the key to happiness.
