When I was still a young boy I often see elderly couples who were very sweet and romantic to each other. They were holding hands while walking, hugging and kissing each other, giving gifts and exchanging cards. Every time I see instances like these I always say to myself, “When I grow up and find my true love I will grow old with her,” just like those elderly couples who were still very much in love with each other.
This served as an inspiration to me and committed myself to the desire of being with the woman I love until the end. I believe that this helped me a lot with my relationship with my wife.
I am a young man married for five years already. Before getting married, my wife and I were in a steady relationship for seven years, which means that we have been together for a total of twelve years. A few months from now we are going to celebrate our anniversary again. I am very happy that our relationship is able to last this long and I am proud that it still is going strong.
But I have to admit that it was not always a bed of roses for the two of us. Everyone knows that it is normal for couples to have problems along the way. We also had rough times together that made me thought that we are not going to last long together. I even had thoughts of letting go of our relationship because of all the problems that we encountered. I learned that being in love was not enough to make our relationship work. I found out that what makes our relationship even stronger is learning from our mistakes and having the will to change for the benefit of each other.
Before I got married to my wife I used to get drunk every night with my friends. She did not know that I was like that until we got married and lived together. Even by the time she got pregnant I went home drunk late at night. We always argued about my behavior. I realized that I was hurting her feelings because of that. So I decided to give up my drinking habit and dedicated all my time to taking care of her and our child. Now we have four kids and I am glad that I was able to change for my family. From then on I knew that if I wanted our relationship to last I will have to be a better man. It is not enough that I love her, I also must do everything I can to show her that I really care for her and our family.
I know that everyone wants to have a love that lasts until forever. But it takes a lot of adjustments to achieve a lasting relationship. It is never too late to find ways of holding on to your relationship.
