<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=340845" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>What makes a marriage?</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It has been almost forty years <br>Since we had taken our marriage <br>Vows. Yes, we are still together.<br>I guess that means something today</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Considering most never last<br>More than, I suspect, a few years; <br>Sometimes I can understand why<br>Marriage is not a piece of cake.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the beginning all is fine<br>Everything is brand spanking new<br>But that finish dulls quite quickly.<br>That moment after the “I do’s”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The gravity of the marriage<br>Begins to materialize.<br>Vowing for better or for worse<br>Were just words uttered thoughtlessly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like reciting a bedtime prayer<br>Never actually listening <br>To each word we recite by rote<br>The truth is, marriage is both words</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Better” is a relative term: <br>What could be considered better <br>For me would not necessarily<br>Be the same view held by my wife.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Therefore we are both compromised<br>And there’s the rub of the matter.<br>Marriage is a balancing act<br>That’s between better and the worse.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Learn the knack of juggling the two <br>The marriage will certainly last.<br>In those years we’ve become a team<br>And we’re both still madly in love.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Albert+Ahearn">Albert Ahearn</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=340845" data-title="What makes a marriage? de Albert Ahearn" data-description="It has been almost forty years Since we had taken our marriage Vows. Yes, we are still together. I guess that means something today Considering most never last More than, I suspect, a few years; Sometimes I can understand why Marriage is not a..."></div> </div> </div>

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