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Marriage isn’t complicated, it just requires some effort

Good marriages also need complete openness and honesty. So don’t get married unless you’re willing to share all your feelings. ILLUSTRATION | IGAH

What you need to know:

  • Like marriage involves a fundamental shift in your viewpoint. From “Me” to “We”. So don’t expect your relationship to go well if you’re not willing to merge your whole life enthusiastically into your partner’s.
  • You get out what you put in. So if you want love, give love. If you want to feel understood, be more understanding.
  • If you’re not happy with yourself, don’t expect your relationship with your spouse to be any different. Nobody else in this world can make you happy. It’s something you have to do on your own. So create your own happiness first, and then you can share it with your partner.

You hear so many stories about bad marriages, you start wondering whether there’s something really difficult about loving someone. Or whether marriage is incompatible with modern life. But actually marriage isn’t really that complicated once you’ve learned some simple truths about it.

Like marriage involves a fundamental shift in your viewpoint. From “Me” to “We”. So don’t expect your relationship to go well if you’re not willing to merge your whole life enthusiastically into your partner’s.