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Respect is a prime ingredient to love. If there's no respect, there's no love.
Of course I'm stating this based on my own feelings, but I don't see how it can be any other way. You can respect someone without loving them, but I don't think you can love someone without respecting them.
It amazing how simple it is. The respect is something I never had in my first marriage. Treat me poorly I return the favor. Treat me with respect and I will do the same.
It is something I am glad I have this time around. I am glad I have the wife I do. It doesn't get any better than that.
each family is different, some snap at each other often and never have major blow ups, while others never seem to disagree and one day out the blue one spouse snaps and kills the other. most folks are somewhere in between. My wife and i argue about something nearly every day, or talk back to each other in a snappy tone if it is not a true arguement. Does this harm our relationship, well considering we have been together over 19 years now i guess i have to say not at all. We did have a period where we never told the other something they said/did was dumb and never really argued, and during that time once every few months we would have a knock down drag out fight(not physical but verbal) that usually resulted in one or both of us getting hurt feelings and not wantign to be around the other for a few days. So in OUR experience we have foudn what works best for us, get things off your chest before it builds too much. In others' cases this does nto work because someone ends up feeling like the other is constantly belittling them(totally different thing from what we do) and it makes things worse. Then again too i've seen couples married for many years that never fight about anything and then one day they just suddenly announce a divorce.
so i guess what i am saying is never judge your relationship based on others, and just go with what works for you and your mate. be glad that you have what does work, and don't worry about other folks.
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