Myth No. 6
Your wedding day is the happiest day of your life.
Perhaps, but don't forget the marriage itself. Beyond the dress, the cake, and the flowers, there's the reality of serving eighty years of life with one partner. Glamour and romance are probably the least-enduring aspects of a long haul spent with one person. Instead it's more like loading the dishwasher, fights, understanding, repetition and routine, desire, patience, aversion, compromise, temptation, tenderness, kids, miracles, frustration, unloading the dishwasher. Because love is sold as a cruise in a pink Cadillac when it's actually a long commute (with toddler nursery songs), there is a high incidence of trade-ins. To keep the engine turning over, create lots of little rituals throughout the year. Honor and celebrate your union over time instead of concentrating on just one big shebang.
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