What are two keys to any successful relationship?
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. . .here are my thoughts.
What are two keys to any successful relationship?
We’ve all heard that a key to a successful relationship is having things in common. Others argue differences are important to a healthy, stable relationship. Regardless, the best way to know what commonalities and differences you have with someone is to get to know them well. Who do you know better than a sibling you grew up with? Yet there are laws preventing the marriage of siblings and cousins in “the land of the free.” There’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to marry anyone who mutually agrees to marry you. Hell, wed your biological parent for all I care! You already know these family members well—fully aware of all your similarities and differences. Problems only arise when you consider reproduction. We must understand, though, that reproduction is not an obligatory follow-on of marriage. For that matter, marriage is not a prerequisite for reproduction. Royalty of many past cultures married and procreated within the family to “keep the bloodline pure” or simply maintain power within the family. That spells trouble, though, as it would have if we all descended from the fabled Adam & Eve—which I’ll delve into next time.
Wow Brad, interesting comment on marriage with siblings. I do know some cousins who married and divorced, family reunions can be a little uncomfortable. On the other hand, I do agree with Sue. You need to have a little bit of opposite likes and personality. What You do need most is respect and trust.
I also said you could marry your mother, so hopefully people understand I’m just trying to make a point.
Well having been married over 55 years to the same person, I must respond. You need differences so you can balance each other out. My husband is a social butterfly and very outspoken. I, on the other hand, could stay home and putter around my house and be perfectly content. The combination is a good thing. I go places and do things to make him happy and end up enjoying myself. Sometimes more them him. If I had married someone like me we would have sat home and I would have missed out in a lot of things. He is very outspoken compared to me holding things in. Also good, because I remind him he is getting old so stop being so outspoken or some young kid will land him on his ass. We gotta still work on that a little.